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The Truffle Eater by Humbert Wolfe

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Item Details

Description

Heading:
Author: [Wolfe, Humbert] "Oistros"
Title: Truffle Eater. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:Arthur Baker
Date Published: [1933]
Description:

[19] leaves, printed on one side only. Illustrations in black and white throughout. (4to) original pictorial boards. First Edition.

First edition of this early and important attack on Nazism couched in the format of "Struwwelpeter". Includes :Shock-Troop Headed Adolf: The Dreadful Story about Goebbels and the Matches; The Story of the Boy who Went Out to Burn the Books, etc.

Condition

Boards a bit bowed, light wear, inscription on endpaper; very good.

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The Truffle Eater by Humbert Wolfe

Name: The Truffle Eater by Humbert Wolfe
SKU: 60397666
Price: 150 USD
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