Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tunbridge, Alan (illustrator). First Edition. First UK edition in a translation by Ralph Manheilm that was first published in the US by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1971. This is the hardcover edition - there was also a simultaneous paperback edition. Boards are clean and unmarked, Light browning to the page edges with a few scattered spots. Long gift message to a previous owner on the half-title page - mainly an eight line poem in French. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has a half inch closed tear in the bottom edge of the front panel with some light rubbing and chipping to the edges. There is a little creasing to the front flap which also has some label residue at the bottom. Jacket design by Alan Tunbridge. First printing. Seller Inventory # 020410

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Knulp Three Tales from the Life of Knulp 1st UK Edition

Hesse, Hermann; Manheim, Ralph (translator)

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1972

ISBN 10: 0224007203 ISBN 13: 9780224007207

Used Hardcover First Edition

Seller: Gotcha By The Books, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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hardbound. Condition: Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper. Alan Tunbridge jacket design (illustrator). 1st UK Edition Hermann Hesse novel, following the experiences of Knulp, an amiable vagabond who wanders from town to town; translated by Ralph Manheim; brown boards with gilt titling to spine, nice dustwrapper by Alan Tunbridge; gift-inscription (4 lines) to half-title page, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn, closed tear/creasing/minor loss top rear panel, some creases to flaps, price clipped, o.w. G-VG. Dustwrapper. 114pp. 8vo. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 21426

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KNULP (First UK edition - first printing)

Hermann Hesse (Translated by Ralph Manheim)

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1972

ISBN 10: 0224007203 ISBN 13: 9780224007207

Used Hardcover First Edition

Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Alan Tunbridge (Jacket design) (illustrator). First UK Edition. First UK edition, translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. The book was originally published as "Knulp : Drei Geschichten aus dem Leben Knulps" in Germany in 1915, and in English translation by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1971. Jacket design by Alan Tunbridge. ***Very good in light-brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are generally clean but there is some tape off-setting from where a previous owner has loosely covered the dustwrapper and taped this to the book (please note that the tape is now gone - just some offsetting marks). Head and tail of spine just slightly rubbed and creased. Corners sharp. Page block edges lightly foxed. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions except for remains of a pencil price at the top corner of the half-title page. No foxing to interior pages. Pages clean. No creases or tears. There are some light strips of tape offsetting marks to the endpapers (from the previous owner's taped dustwrapper). ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of �1.40 net. The dustwrapper is complete with the extremities just very slightly rubbed and creased. Edges of foldover flaps just slightly creased also. No chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***223mm x 142mm. 114 pages. ***'Hermann Karl Hesse (2 Jul 1877 - 9 Aug 1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The three stories about a tramp, Knulp, which Hesse wrote between 1907 and 1914, are part of his "Gerbersau" tales.' (Wiki) ***'First published in 1915, "Knulp" was Hesse's most popular book in the years before "Demian". This, however, is the first edition to be published in Britain. This moving and delightful boiok marked the end of Hesse's youth - the years that produced "Peter Camenzind", "Beneath the Wheel", "Gertrude" and "Rosshalde."' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the first UK edition, in its attractive illustrated dustwrapper, in very nice, bright collectable condition. These Cape editions of Hermann Hesse's works are very hard to find in this collectable condition - the dustwrappers are very prone to curling, tearing and chipping. Uncommon now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 9221

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