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Very rare First Edition (SD). There are just a couple of others for sale on the Internet. You can see the covers in the photos. There is some spotting, mostly on the front cover. The black spine has only minor wear, including one small spot of rub-through at both of its ends. There is a bit of tan discoloration on some of the white lettering, but the lettering is bright. The six edges have some rubbing but no rub-through. All four corners have spots of rub-through. The top page edge is red. The spine has a slight forward lean, but the book is quite solidly bound from cover to cover. The only space I saw between any facing pages occurs between the title page and the blank page facing it, only over the bottom 2 1/4 inches, where a little webbing can be seen. However, both of these pages are tightly bound from top to bottom, without issue. The covers are tightly bound as well, their junctures free of wear. There is some browning/tanning on both sides of the junctures between the inside covers and endpapers. There is a signed inscription on the blank first front end paper. It reads simply 'Father from Hope Christmas 1940.' There is no other writing to be found anywhere in the book. The pages are fairly clean, specks and tiny tan spots are not uncommon, typically only one or two on a page. I saw one slightly larger tan spot off the top edge of one page, though not large enough to reach the print. There are no placeholder creases, no sharp creases. There are a number of those light corner semi-creases, presumably created by a very slight bending at some point in time. There are two consecutive pages with a 1/2 inch tear off their bottom edge in the same place. There are no other tears. On both sides of the juncture between the second of these two pages with the small tear the surface of the paper is a little rougher than normal, a good guess that they may have been a little bit stuck to one another and nudged apart, creating just a minor difference in appearance, no tears or loss. There are no markings in the book. There are no attachments of any kind. I've provided pictures of every part of the dust jacket. Given its age I would describe the wear as minor, two small chips off the top edge of the rear cover, a couple of small scuffs on the rear side of the spine, some toning and spotting on the rear cover along with a 1/2 inch tear off its bottom edge. The flaps have some spotting/foxing and all four corners have tucking-in clips, the one at the front bottom corner not reaching the price. I've always had the jacket in a fitted protective cover. Published in book form in 1939, Address Unknown was banned in Germany. it was a huge success in the U.S. and in much of Europe. It was the basis for 1944 film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Paul Lukas and Carl Esmond. 'The novella Address Unknown, is a biting indictment of the rise of Fascism in Germany. It was written as a series of letters sent between two partners in an art dealership, one a Gentile who works in Munich, the other a Jew who stays in the main office in San Francisco. Under the masculine pen-name "Kressmann Taylor" the novella was serialized in Story magazine from September to October of 1938. It was a sensation and was soon reprinted in Reader's Digest and became a best-seller when published by Simon & Schuster in 1939. From the dust jacket: 'This is, of course, far more than a beautifully and powerfully written story. Its author understands how human beings behave under violent pressure, how they respond with fear, defiance, revenge and passion to such a condition of life as exists in Germany today. And this understanding gives her a deep, tragic realization of all that Hitlerism means. Kressmann Taylor has, in a few perfect strokes, stripped the regime down to its meaning in terms of three representative human beings whose destiny symbolizes the destinies of millions.' Translated into 20 languages, the book finally appeared in Germany in 2001. Seller Inventory # 002320
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