Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, later printing hardcover copy of The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, a few marks on page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, and two lightly rubbed corners. Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the half-title page. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with price intact and mild surface wear and 1/2″ tear mended with acid-free tape. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
