GRASS, Günter. Fine and almost complete collection of the works of Germany's most celebrated post-war novelist and Nobel Prize winner, comprising:

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GRASS, Günter. Fine and almost complete collection of the works of Germany's most celebrated post-war novelist and Nobel Prize winner, comprising:

Die Vorzüge der Windhühner. Berlin and Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1956. 8o. 9 illustrations by Grass. Original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION, of the author's first book publication. Wilpert/Gühring 2. -- Die Blechtrommel. Darmstadt, Berlin and Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1959. 8o. (Lacks front free endpaper). Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (with tape reinforcement along edges and flaps). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 3. -- Another edition. With 65 illustrations by Hans Richter. Neuwied and Berlin: Luchterhand, 1968. 8o. Original pictorial cloth. -- Gleisdreieck. Darmstadt, Berlin and Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1960. 4o. 18 illustrations by the author. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 5. -- Katz und Maus. Neuwied and Berlin: Luchterhand, 1961. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (2 jackets, one with short tear, both with minor chipping to upper edge). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 7. -- Another copy. -- Hundejahre. Neuwied and Berlin: Luchterhand, 1963. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Provenance: Erwin Daub (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 10. -- Onkel, Onkel. Ein Spiel in vier Akten. Berlin: Wagenbach, 1965. 8o. 9 illustrations by the author. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 16. -- Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand. Ein deutsches Trauerspiel. Neuwied and Berlin: Luchterhand, 1966. 8o. Original pictorial wrappers (one corner slightly bumped, light darkening to spine). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 19. -- Another copy. (Darkening to edges and spine.) -- Ausgefragt. Gedichte und Zeichnungen. Neuwied und Berlin: Luchterhand, 1967. 8o. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers (darkening to spine and edges). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 21. -- Geschichten. Von Artur Knoff (i.e. Günter Grass). Berlin: Literarisches Colloquium, 1968. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Grass on half title: "Als Artur Knoff Grüsst freundlich Günter Grass." Wilpert/Gühring 27. -- Örtlich betäubt. Neuwied and Berlin: Luchterhand, 1969. 8o. Original cloth; dust jacket (library copy). FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 31. -- Davor. Berlin: Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertrieb, 1969. 4o. Typescript. (Some browning). First appearance of the play Davor, one of a small number of copies published in typescript for private circulation. -- Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke. Neuwied and Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1972. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 38. -- Another issue. Advanced reading copy. Printed wrappers. -- Der Butt. Darmstadt und Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1977. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 45. (2 copies). -- Another issue. Advanced reading copy. Original printed wrappers. -- Another edition. Fourth edition, signed on title page. -- Das Treffen in Telgte. Darmstadt und Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1979. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 48. -- Another copy. -- Kopfgeburten oder die Deutschen sterben aus. Darmstadt und Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1980. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 50. -- Zeichnungen und Texte 1954-1977. Darmstadt und Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1982. 2 volumes, large 4o. Illustrated. Original cloth; pictorial dust jackets; slipcases. FIRST EDITION. -- Die Rättin. Darmstadt and Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1986. 8o. Title printed in red and black. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 61. -- Another copy. -- In Kupfer, auf Stein. Göttingen: Steidl, 1986. 4o. Original quarter-cloth and pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Grass on half-title. -- Werke. Darmstadt and Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1987. 10 volumes, 8o. Original wrappers; slipcase. -- Es war einmal ein Land. Texte zur Lesung. With 2 LPs with Perkussionsmusik by Günter "Baby" Sommer. Göttingen: Steidl, 1987. 4o. Original cloth, all housed in a cloth folding case. FIRST EDITIONS. -- Mit Sophie in die Pilze gegangen. Göttingen: Steidl, 1987. 4o. Illustrated. Original pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Zunge zeigen. Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1988. 4o. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Wilpert/Gühring 66. -- Totes Holz. Ein Nachruf. Göttingen: Steidl (1990). 4o. With illustrations by the author. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- Vier Jahrzehnte. Ein Werkstattbericht. Göttingen: Steidl, 1991. 4o. Illustrated. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- Unkenrufe. Göttingen: Steidl, 1992. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. -- Ein weites Feld. Göttingen: Steidl, 1995. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Second edition. (4 copies). -- Another issue. Advanced reading copy. Original printed wrappers. -- Mein Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Steidl, 1999. 4o. Illustrated. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. (2 copies, one without slipcase). -- Another edition. 8o.

[LIMITED EDITIONS:]

Zunge zeigen. Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1988. 4o. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 141 of 150 copies with an etching, numbered and signed laid-in. -- Vier Jahrzehnte. Ein Werkstattbericht. Göttingen: Steidl, 1991. 4o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 70 of 120 copies with a lithograph numbered and signed laid-in. -- Unkenrufe. Göttingen: Steidl, 1992. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; large cloth folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 89 of 150 copies with an etching numbered and signed laid-in. -- GRASS, Günter and Günter Baby SOMMER. Da sagt der Butt. Göttingen: Steidl, 1993. Booklet with photographic illustrations; 2 CDs; 2 etchings, numbered and signed, all housed in large cloth folding cases. LIMITED EDITION, number 27 of 100 sets. -- Ein weiters Feld. Göttingen: Steidl, 1995. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; large cloth folding case. With an etching numbered and signed laid-in. -- Fundsachen für Nichtleser. Göttingen: Steidl, 1997. 4o. Illustrated and with additional 115 colored plates. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; plates loose as issued in original board folding case all housed in large cardboard box. LIMITED EDITION, number 293 of 400 copies signed twice. -- Mein Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Steidl, 1999. 4o. Illustrated original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; large cloth folding case. LIMTED EDITION, number 274 of 300 copies signed, with 3 lithographic illustrations numbered and signed and an additional WATERCOLOR BY GRASS illustrating the year 1923 laid-in.

[TRANSLATIONS:]

The Tin Drum. New York: Pantheon, 1962. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition. -- Cat and Mouse. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition. -- Dog Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition. -- Local Anesthetic. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition. -- The Flounder. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition, SIGNED by Grass on title. -- Another edition. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. 3 volumes, 4o. Titles printed in red and black, illustrated. Original quarter eelskin and cloth; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 156 of 1000 sets signed by Grass. -- And approximately 80 other volumes and items, including duplicates, paperback editions, political essays, newspaper and magazine articles.

[MANUSCRIPTS:]

Radikalismus in Deutschland, eine Rede... Oktober 1968. 6 pages, 4o. Copy of a typescript of a speech on radicalism in German. -- Autograph and typed manuscript, signed and dated 3.4.1984. 1 page, 4o. Typed speech outline and notes and sketches in ink on the verso, mentioning Luise Rinser, Reagan, Kohl and Wörner. (150)

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