Tin Drum, Signed (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. general shelf wear, sunning of pages, excellent copy, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. A near fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Darkening to the jacket spine and some toning to the white jacket. Grass's first novel, one of the most acclaimed post World War II literary events. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by Grass. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth. First American Edition. Signed on half title. This first novel by Grass was internationally acclaimed and helped him win the 1999 Nobel Prize. It was the basis for the film of the same name that won the 1979 Academy Award for best foreign film. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with minor edge wear and tears. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Illustrations by the author. 40 pages. Original stiff covers. Very good. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Allikas in blue ink on the title page: "Thank-you, Peggy Christian, Barry/23-4=85." TOGETHER WITH: An Autograph Letter Signed ("Barry Allikas") in blue ink, April 23, 1985 and hand address envelope with metered stamp, postmarked, Montreal, Canada, 1985. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very sharp first printing of the first English edition [Secker & Warburg London (1962)], signed by Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass by way of a laid in bookplate. The book is in near fine condition with bumping at the spine ends but no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is in very good condition, not price-clipped (30s), with small chips, tears and age-toning, especially at the spine. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information concerning this landmark novel. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Octavo, 3 Volumes. In Good plus condition with Good plus condition dust jackets. White spines with black designs and black and faded red lettering. Dust jackets are wrapped in mylar coverings, have mild age-toning throughout, and mild wear along the extremities. Dust jacket of Volume 1 has two small closed tears along the rear cover head edge, stains throughout, and mild wear along the spine. Dust jacket of Volume 2 has chipping along the spine head edge, and stains throughout. Dust jacket of Volume 3 has moderate wear along the extremities, a small open tear along the front fore edge, and stains throughout. Boards have mild wear along the spine heads and tails, and light bumping on the tail fore corners of Volume 3. Textblocks have mild wear along the edges and mild to moderate age-toning along the edges. Textblock of Volume 2 has stains along the edges. Textblock of Volume 3 has a stain on the half-title page, white stains on the rear end-page, and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Günter Grass on the title pages of all Volumes. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "THE TIN DRUM", is price-clipped, 591 pages -- Vol. 2, "CAT AND MOUSE", price is uncut "$3.95", 189 pages -- Vol. 3, "DOG YEARS", price is uncut "$6.95", 570 pages. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Günter Grass was born October 16, 1927 in the Free City of Danzig (today Gda?sk, Poland) to parents of German and Pomeranian-Polish descent. Grass would gain great acclaim from his first and most well-known work "The Tin Drum" published in 1959 as well as it's sequels "Cat and Mouse", published in 1961, and "Dog Years", published in 1963 which have collectively come to be known as "The Danzig Trilogy". The trilogy explores the complexities and hardships endured by the various peoples of the then Free City of Danzig (now Gda?sk) during the rise of Nazism and it's effects during and after the Second World War. Grass himself had firsthand experience with Nazism, having enlisted and been drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1944, an experience which likely pushed his outspoken criticism of Nazism and German failures to properly deal with it's Nazi past. "The Danzig Trilogy" is widely hailed as Grass' best work and despite initial bans for supposedly inappropriate topics, the trilogy as a whole has since been vindicated and is widely held as a classic of post-War German literature. "The Tin Drum" would see a film adaptation of the same in 1979 which itself saw some success in then West Germany. 1389714. Special Collections. First American Editions, First Printings.

First UK edition. Publisher's grey cloth, lettered and decorated in red and gilt to spine, in the pictorial dustwrapper. Signed by Gunter Grass to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, toned of spine. Gunter Grass's extraordinary first novel [Die Blechtrommele in German, published 1959] is recognised as a classic of post-World War II literature. Grass won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999 for his "frolicsome black fables [which] portray the forgotten face of history." The Nobel committee went on to comment "His writing constitutes a dialogue with the great traditions of German culture, conducted with punctilious affection. It is not too audacious to assume that "The Tin Drum" will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 591, [1]pp. Top corners slightly bumped else very near fine in slightly age-toned else near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears. Advance Review Copy with publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Signed by the Nobel Prize-winner on the half-title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First U.S. Printing (1962). Flat-signed by author on Title page with NO inscription. Original Red full-cloth boards with black titling on cover and spine as well as gold foil-stamped spine both of which are bright and unblemished & Black topstain (NO fading). NEAR FINE condition - very clean, solid, square and unmarked copy. Only flaws are: top spine edge is lightly bumped and pulled otherwise a Very Fine copy. DJ is VG in archival cover with price intact: $6.95. Signed by Author(s).

First American editions of the author's classic Danzig Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Each work is signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Each are fine in near fine dust jackets. Dog Years is a review copy, with the slip laid in. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A very sharp set. The Danzig Trilogy begins with the story of Oskar Matzerath and his determination to remain a child. He refuses to speak, only banging on his drum. The surreal chronology and characters give a nerve-wracking description of life under Nazi rule in World War II, and finally to postwar Germany in the 1950's. In 1979, The Tin Drum was adapted into a film which won the Palme d'Or, and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Ralph Manheim(Translator) Gunter Grass(Jacket Art) (illustrator). First Edition. The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass (First U.S. Edition) Signed Scarce A firm square signed copy. Moderate wear to the cloth binding. Foxing to the outer text block edges. Owner's name stamp to front pastedown. A bright dust jacket cover. A touch of sunning to the spine. Spine upper edge rubbed. A few very minor closed tears - to upper spine edge, and back cover edge. Not price-clipped. Original $6.95 price on flap. Brodart cover. First American edition. Red cloth, spine lettered gilt and black, pictorial black stamping to spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. BOOK.

First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 1986 by Gunter Grass on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a signed letter from Gunter Grass' secretary. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. "When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as if German literature had been granted a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction. Within the pages of this, his first novel, Grass recreated the lost world from which his creativity sprang, Danzig, his home town, as he remembered it from the years of his infancy before the catastrophe of war. Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them. At the same time the novel breaks the bounds of realism by having as its protagonist and narrator an infernal intelligence in the body of a three-year-old, a monster who overpowers the fellow human beings he approaches with the help of a toy drum. The unforgettable Oskar Matzerath is an intellectual whose critical approach is childishness, a one-man carnival, dadaism in action in everyday German provincial life just when this small world becomes involved in the insanity of the great world surrounding it. It is not too audacious to assume that "The Tin Drum" will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century" (The Swedish Academy).

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic first novel. Octavo, bound in full black morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, top edge gilt. Signed by Gunter Grass on the title page. Translated by Ralph Manheim. In fine condition. "When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as if German literature had been granted a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction. Within the pages of this, his first novel, Grass recreated the lost world from which his creativity sprang, Danzig, his home town, as he remembered it from the years of his infancy before the catastrophe of war. Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them. At the same time the novel breaks the bounds of realism by having as its protagonist and narrator an infernal intelligence in the body of a three-year-old, a monster who overpowers the fellow human beings he approaches with the help of a toy drum. The unforgettable Oskar Matzerath is an intellectual whose critical approach is childishness, a one-man carnival, dadaism in action in everyday German provincial life just when this small world becomes involved in the insanity of the great world surrounding it. It is not too audacious to assume that "The Tin Drum" will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century" (The Swedish Academy).

First American edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear to the spine. Association copy, inscribed by the author to poet Robert Lowell in a German inscription, translated into English, which reads: "To Robert Lowell, in admiration and in the hope to have the pleasure of meeting you soon in Berlin. Gunter Grass Berlin, Nov 3, 1966." Association copies of this caliber are rare, especially on what is considered his masterpiece. From the estate of Elizabeth Hardwick, novelist and wife of Robert Lowell. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. "When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as if German literature had been granted a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction. Within the pages of this, his first novel, Grass recreated the lost world from which his creativity sprang, Danzig, his home town, as he remembered it from the years of his infancy before the catastrophe of war. Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them. At the same time the novel breaks the bounds of realism by having as its protagonist and narrator an infernal intelligence in the body of a three-year-old, a monster who overpowers the fellow human beings he approaches with the help of a toy drum. The unforgettable Oskar Matzerath is an intellectual whose critical approach is childishness, a one-man carnival, dadaism in action in everyday German provincial life just when this small world becomes involved in the insanity of the great world surrounding it. It is not too audacious to assume that "The Tin Drum" will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century" (The Swedish Academy).

The uncorrected proof of the first British edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. In near fine condition showing only light wear. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. "When Günter Grass published "The Tin Drum" in 1959 it was as if German literature had been granted a new beginning after decades of linguistic and moral destruction. Within the pages of this, his first novel, Grass recreated the lost world from which his creativity sprang, Danzig, his home town, as he remembered it from the years of his infancy before the catastrophe of war. Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them. At the same time the novel breaks the bounds of realism by having as its protagonist and narrator an infernal intelligence in the body of a three-year-old, a monster who overpowers the fellow human beings he approaches with the help of a toy drum. The unforgettable Oskar Matzerath is an intellectual whose critical approach is childishness, a one-man carnival, dadaism in action in everyday German provincial life just when this small world becomes involved in the insanity of the great world surrounding it. It is not too audacious to assume that "The Tin Drum" will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century" (The Swedish Academy).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by Grass on a bookplate on half-title page (signature only). 1st American Edition with no stated edition on copyright page or additional printings - just 'English translation 1961, 1962 Pantheon Books'. Light gray cloth with black & gold lettering on spine. No blindstamp on rear boards. 592 pages. Some shelf edge wear and small stain on dark-blue/black topstain. Also includes laid-in the original return envelope addressed to seller, postmarked from Berlin in 1982, with Grass' personalized return address on rear (Gunter Grass, Niedstrabe 13, D-1000, Berlin 41)- bookpalate was retruned in this envelope. White DJ slightly faded and rubbed with sunning to spine and some shelf edge wear.$6.95 price with '2/63' date stamp on DJ flap; mylar protected. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Also includes laid-in a bookplate SIGNED by MARIO ADORF, actor who played 'Alfred Matzerath' in award winning 1979 film adaptation of novel. Laid-in is a B&W photo SIGNED by ANGELA WINKLER (played 'Agnes Matzerath'). Laid-in is a B&W photo-card SIGNED by VOLKER SCHLONDORFF (the film's director). Also laid-in is a photo-card SIGNED and inscribed by JEAN CLAUDE CARRIERE (screenwriter for Academy Award winning film). (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st printing hardcover copy of Grass's "My Century"). Also laid-in is the original New York Times obituary for Grass. Author's first novel. Unique copy for the Grass--Tn Drum fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good copy of this Nobel Prize winning author's first book, signed on the 1/2-title page, in a complete, Very Good DJ now protected by a mylar sleeve. White DJ shows light soiling, a lightly darkened spine. Signed by Author(s).

GRASS, Gunter. THE TIN DRUM. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. NY: Pantheon, [1962]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Author's first novel. Signed by Grass on the half-title page. While copies of the American first edition are common, signed copies are quite scarce. One of the most highly acclaimed novels of post-war Germany. Grass was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature and "The Tin Drum" was filmed in 1979 and won an Academy Award for best foreign film. Near fine (minor wear); price-clipped (few very tiny chips & short tears) d/j. Enclosed in a custom-made, clam-shall box with leather onlays reproducing the image on the dust jacket. Quite stunning & uncommon. $3,500.00.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. Book Club Edition. Octavo (22cm); illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; no topstain, with book club blindstamp at bottom of back board; 592pp. Price-clipped jacket shows a few tears along edges, with chipping at head of spine and a few stray waterspots and light pen marks to rear panel. Light bumping to boards at corners and spine ends. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Bookplate signed by Grass without inscription laid in at front. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Gunter Grass on the front free endpaper. 592 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt, black topstain. Very Good with light soiling to covers and rubbing and fading to spine and extremities; binding slightly shaken. Owner inscription dated March 1, 1963 to front free endpaper, light toning to contents, occasional blue ink underlining done very neatly with a ruler. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minimal rubbing to spine panel and light toning, soiling, and edgewear. "Already a best seller in Europe, this book introduces to American readers the most brilliant novelist to appear in Germany since the Nazis destroyed the freedom of German writers," begins the dust jacket blurb. Grass' first novel made him the literary spokesman for his generation of Germans, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999.

First Edition. THE TIN DRUM, Pantheon, 1962, first American edition, near fine in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear to the extremities of the bit sunned dust-wrapper spine. The Nobel Laureate's first novel. Signed by the author on the half-title page.

IP signed promotion picture from `Die Blechtrommel` (The Tin Drum), 4,75 x 6,75 inch, obtained In-Person, signed by David Bennent, Mario Adorf and Volker Schlöndorff in blue felt tip, in very fine condition.