
Minimum 10% discount on all orders |  | The Book Thief (SIGNED ADULT)Format: First Edition Hardback Signed: Yes Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 9780385611466 In stock: 1
First edition, first impression of the UK Hardback.
Hand Signed by the author directly onto the title page
To quote....
"1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine yeqr old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents haven taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story, amd the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
This novel is narrated by death
Its a small story, about:
A girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fist fighter
quite a lot of thievery"
This is the very rare Doubleday "adult" edition, with the pale dustwrapper. A Bodley Head version was released at the same time with a different cover, aimed at the childrens market.
A fine book in a fine protected dustwrapper |