What's to Become of the Boy? or Something to Do with Books - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Böll, Heinrich; translated by Leila Vennnewitz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394530160
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530161
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394530160 . A most attractive first American edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket; The first autobiographical work of the German Nobel Prize winner, focusing on the crucial years of Böll's boyhood, 1933-1937, coinciding with Hitler's rise to power in Germany. Translated from the original German "Was soll aus dem Jungen bloss werden" by Leila Vennewitz; 12mo ; [x], 82, [4] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22072
- Title
- What's to Become of the Boy? or Something to Do with Books - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Böll, Heinrich; translated by Leila Vennnewitz
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394530160
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530161
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Collectible Out-of-print Rare, 20th Century Literature, Autobiography Memoir, Nazism
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / World War Literature;
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