Gunter Grass CAT AND MOUSE 1963 Signed First US

Title: Cat and Mouse
Author: Gunter Grass
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Printing Year: 1963 Signed first edition

Condition/Details: Bound in black cloth with dustjacket in glassine cover, this volume is a scarce copy of this early work by the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. This 1961 novella forms the second title of the so-called Danzig Trilogy, that together with "The Tin Drum" and "Dog Years", chronicles the lives of characters living in that Baltic port before, during and immediately after the Second World War. The author's preoccupation with the literary representation/recreation of the history of his homeland is referenced in a Nobel diploma that states that the prize was awarded to a writer "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history". The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 5.75" x 8.25" and contains 189 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50