1st American Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate decal affixed to front end page. DJ has light shelf edge rubbing. Scarce signature from famed Swiss author and dramatist. Also includes laid-in is the original London Sunday Times review. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st US Edition of Durrenmatt's novel "The Quarry). Size: 8vo - over 7ž" - 9ž" tall. Seller Inventory # 016311

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Title: The Assignment : On Observing the Observer ...

Publisher: Random House, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine+

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition

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When F. accepts the assignment to investigate the alleged rape and murder of Otto von Lambert's wife, she becomes entangled in a world of mistaken identity, terrorism, political intrigue, and espionage

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland. He wrote prolifically during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. He is the author of numerous books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Pledge.

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