Translated David Colmer (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. British First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; signed on the title page by Anja Sicking with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Neumann, Max (illustrator).

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Perfect Bound Soft Cover. Condition: This is a new book. Madness abounds in the waning months of World War II, until a weary Dutch Partisan chances upon a luxurious, intact estate in an abandoned spa town. For a time, clean linens and running water replace unremitting bloodshed as the defining features of the nameless narrator's life; then the Germans retake the village. When they reach his new front door, the Partisan quickly accepts that he must resort to any means to keep the war out. With blunt yet transfixing prose, Hermans confronts his readers with the violent absurdity of war.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Second printing. 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. Some tanning and light marks to page edges. Jacket has an adhering label and a little creasing along the top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Near fine in good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page (signature only). Stated 1st edition, no number line ( 1st printing). Book has mild roll to the base of the spine. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear and creasing. By the Libris Literary Prize-winning author of 'In Lucia's Eyes' and 'The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 5th Printing. Illustrated blue card covers. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Text edges lightly browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition, first printing; Powell's Limited Signed Indiespensible issue. SIGNED by the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and two-time David Reid Poetry Translation Prize winning Dutch author, poet, and translator, Gerbrand Bakker, And SIGNED by the Poetry In Translation Pen Award and James Brock Prize awards winning Australian translator David Colmer to the limitation plate printed to the jacket's rear panel. Powell's Bookshop Indiespensible production, limited to 850 hand-numbered copies issued SIGNED by both the author and the translator to the jacket. This is copy number 509. This beautifully written literary novel that deals with family obligations, solitude and living in the countryside, earned numerous accolades including the International Dublin literary Award and was a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award. Fine, square, and firm in blue linen over textured blue boards with silver embossed titles to the spine, blue headband and tail-band, white ribbed end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with Indiespensable double-SIGNED and numbered limitation to the rear panel. Signed by Author(s). …