Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald , protected in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 2001 Random House. First Printing with full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, clean page blocks, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Near Fine dust jacket with mild edge wear and a few spots on the back. First state jacket with $25.95 price on the front flap. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
Over the course of a thirty-year conversation unfolding in train stations and travelers’ stops across England and Europe, W.G. Sebald’s unnamed narrator and Jacques Austerlitz discuss Austerlitz’s ongoing efforts to understand who he is. An orphan who came to England alone in the summer of 1939 and was raised by a Welsh Methodist minister and his wife as their own, Austerlitz grew up with no conscious memory of where he came from.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
