(New York): New Directions, (1996).
Price: $5,000.00
Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Michael Hulse. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title in German using his nickname: “Mit guten wünschen, Max.” The first of the author’s works to appear in English, published in a small edition. The author died in a car crash just as he was attaining recognition. While Sebald did sign some copies of his books in English, they seem invariably to be signed in full as W.G. Sebald. Despite the recipient of this copy being unidentified, the use of “Max" does imply familiarity. In any event, an exceptionally scarce title to find signed.
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W.G. Sebald
birth name: Winfred Georg Maximilian Sebald
born: 5/18/1944
died: 12/14/2001
nationality: Germany