Fallada (Hans) Iron Gustav
£375
London, Putnam, 1940.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Contemporary lending library cloth. Dust-jacket,
A translated family chronicle following Gustav Hackendahl, a Berlin coachman, coping with post-WWI change, economic hardship and societal transformation.
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Cloth very good; jacket a little rubbed at spine but overall very good.
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