Hunger

by Knut Hamsun

$15,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

First edition

London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. First Edition. Wrappers. 1st edition in English of the Nobel Laureate’s masterpiece. Original wrappers, small nick to upper back cover, some handling wear, a few creases, else very good, complete, and unrepaired. Copies in cloth are out there, those in wrappers are not 1 copy in wrappers listed in RBH’s auction records in the last 85 years and that sale was 29 years ago . First

• Binding: Wrappers

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