Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [trans] — The Tin Drum

London, Secker & Warbung, 1962. First edition. Cloth. Bright copy of this German novel by Gunter Grass, the first British edition. First UK edition of this novel by Gunter Grass. First published in the English Language in a US edition by Pantheon Books. First of the author's 'Danzig Trilogy', telling of the life of Oskar Matzerath from his own point of view as he is confined in a mental hospital in the 1950s. This book was adapted into an award-winning film of he same name.Complete with price clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper price clipped and smart with minor shelf wear, sunned to spine, with staining marks internally to the wraps, only cockling the wraps slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.