The Joke.

£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first novel by Milan Kundera, whose most notable work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. First US edition of a complete translation; 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm); small marginal mark to pp100-105, else unmarked internally; publisher's quarter black cloth over tan boards, with gilt lettering to spine, slight age-toning to edge of front free endpaper; pictorial dust-jacket, slightly rubbed to extremities and a little age-toned, else very good; 267pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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