The Hidden Life of Otto Frank by Lee, Carol Ann - 2003

William Morrow, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, preface by author, three appendices, notes, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. 1/4 dark beige coloured black strip with black coloured titles. 3/4 light beige coloured boards with self embossed publisher's initials to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel. Photographic dust wrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The biography of Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, the sole survivor of his family after the Holocaust. It goes into his childhood as a son of a wealthy Jewish family at the early part of the 20th century, his arranged marriage to Anne's mother, their life in the Netherlands prior to the war; and then, the devastation that was World War II and transportation to Auschwitz. Then goes into his return to Amsterdam, everything lost ''except life'', and the diary of his daughter, Anne, that became a world wide phenomena ...  Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Black remainder stripe to the lower text edge. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. A little rubbing of the dust wrapper edges and panels with a 0.5 " tear to the top left-hand corner of the front panel.  This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X - XVIII, [3], 2 - 411, [1] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; Holocaust; Germany; ISBN: 0060520825. ISBN/EAN: 9780060520823. Inventory No: 0124681. . 9780060520823