by Bohumil Hrabal
Signed first German edition
Frankfurt am Main: Bibliothek Suhrkamp, 1992. First German edition. (Also the first separate edition of the novella Auticko, originally included in the 1986 collection Zivot bez smokingu.) Signed by Bohumil Hrabal on the front free endpaper in black ink. 134 (9) p. Illustrated. Fine in Near Fine jacket. Light creasing to front panel of jacket, light rubbing. Includes an interview with the author. A rare signed novella from the Czech author best-known in the US for I Served the King of England and Closely Observed Trains, both the bases of films.