New York: Coward-McCann, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. B/w Title Vignette. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In pictorial jacket, 8vo. 288 pages. "Kundera's novel of Czech Stalinism has the directness of a fist in the face" (Time magazine, quoted on jacket front flyleaf). Originally published in Czechoslovakia under title: Zert (and in Austria and Germany under title: Der Scherz). First U.S. Edition of a complete translation. (jacket price clipped).
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In pictorial jacket, 8vo. 288 pages. "Kundera's novel of Czech Stalinism has the directness of a fist in the face" (Time magazine, quoted on jacket front flyleaf). Originally published in Czechoslovakia under title: Zert (and in Austria and Germany under title: Der Scherz). First U.S. Edition of a complete translation. (jacket price clipped).
8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In pictorial jacket, 8vo. 288 pages. "Kundera's novel of Czech Stalinism has the directness of a fist in the face" (Time magazine, quoted on jacket front flyleaf). Originally published in Czechoslovakia under title: Zert (and in Austria and Germany under title: Der Scherz). First U.S. Edition of a complete translation. (jacket price clipped).
Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Harper & Row. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Harper & Row, 1992-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. First printing with full number line. Minor wear & light soiling to boards & edges of text block. Wear to front hinge. Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn & toned with scuffs, creases & small scratches in a mylar cover.
NY: Harper & Row, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. The story takes place in a small Czech town when a girl was arrested for stealing flowers from a cemetery to give to her lover as a gift. Book has seven parts: Ludvik, Helena, Ludvik, Jaroslav, Ludvik, Kostka and Ludvik, Jaroslav, Helena. Clean copy. Record # 385608
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. The first Harper & Row edition of the author's first novel; published 8 years after the 1st American edition; remainder mark on bottom edge; translated by Michael Henry Heim; 267pp.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
The first Harper & Row edition of the author's first novel; published 8 years after the 1st American edition; remainder mark on bottom edge; translated by Michael Henry Heim; 267pp.
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