The Book Thief (First UK edition-first printing)

Zusak, Markus

ISBN 10: 0385611463 / ISBN 13: 9780385611466

Published by Doubleday, 2007

About this Item

VGC. Doubleday,2007. First UK hardback edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of the cover) with Dj (two small tears, nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Nice and clean pages but with some foxing marks on the outer edges, a couple of small foxing marks the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with some shelf wear on the Dj cover (small foxing marks inside the edges of the Dj cover). 584pp.Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. Heavy book (approx. 1.2 Kg).

Seller Inventory # 10995

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book Thief (First UK edition-first printing)
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385611463
• ISBN 13: 9780385611466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

'It's just a small story, really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery ...' This work is narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Himmel Street: When nine-year-old Liesel arrives outside the boxlike house of her new foster parents, she refuses to get out of the car. Liesel has been separated from her parents - 'Kommunists' - for ever, and at the burial of her little brother, she steals a gravedigger's instruction manual which she can't read. It is the beginning of her illustrious career. In the care of the Hubermans, Liesel befriends blond-haired Rudy Steiner, her neighbour obsessed with Jesse Owens. She also befriends the mayor's wife, who hides from despair in her library. Together Liesel and Rudy steal books - from Nazi book burning piles, from the mayor's library, from the richer people of Molching. In time, the family hide a Jewish boxer, Max, who reads with Liesel in the basement.. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares out her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day in the life of Himmel street, the wail of the sirens comes too late...A life-changing tale of the cruel twists of fate and the coincidences on which all our lives hinge, this is also a joyous look at the power of book to nourish the soul. Its uplifting ending will make all readers weep.

About the Author

Markus Zusak, a prize-winning author, lives in Sydney with his wife and daughter. The Book Thief has been optioned for film, and has been published to critical acclaim in Australia and in America, where it reached No. 1 on the The New York Times bestsellers list.