1. Achmatowa, Anna.

Ich lebe aus dem Mond, du aus der Sonne – Liebes-Gedichte / Hundert Gedichte über die Liebe. Aus dem Russischen von Alexander Nitzberg Herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Olaf Irlenkauser.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp Verlag, 2000. 12.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 118 pages. Cover image – drawing by Amedeo Modigliani. Image on back flap – photograph of Anna Akmatova in 1910. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Amis, Kingsley.

Lucky Jim.

New York, Viking Press, 1958. 12.5 x 19.5cm. 256 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear, including foxing and discolouration to jacket and some paper loss to spine. Text itself in very good condition. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Compass Books, No. C35].

3. Greene, Graham.

The End of the Affair.

New York, The Viking Press, 1966. 13 x 19.5cm. 240 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition, some signs of external wear including suning and bumping, mild foxing to edges. Previous owner’s name on half-title page. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Compass Books, No. C83].

4. Lambert, J.W. / Ratcliffe, Michael.

The Bodley Head. 1887-1987.

First edition. London, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1987. 22,5 x 14,5 cm. VII, 364 pages. With 16 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

5. Lawrence, D.H.

The Rainbow. With an Introduction by Richard Aldington.

New York, The Viking Press, 1961. 12.5 x 19.5cm. (11), 495 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear, including sunned spine and discolouration to jacket. Text annotations throughout. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Compass Books, No. C77].

6. Nin, Anaïs.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin. Volume Two: 1934-1939 and Volume Three: 1939-1944. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann.

Volume 2 & 3 of 7 in series. New York, The Swallow Press / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967 / 1969. 13.5 x 20cm. Vol. 2: (9), 357 pages / Vol. 3: (14), 327 pages. Original softcover. Vol. 2: Spine worn with a slight lean, some text annotations, otherwise very good condition. Vol. 3: Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Harvest Books, Nos. HB174 & HB199].

7. Salinger, J.D.

Der Mann im Roggen. Roman. Deutsch von Irene Muehlon.

Erste deutsche Auflage. [First German Edition of “The Catcher in the Rye”]. Zürich, Diana Verlag, 1954. 14 x 21 cm. 290 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolut “Sehr guter Zustand” mit nahezu tadellos erhaltenem Schutzumschlag (in Mylar) mit nur ganz wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Der Band selbst in exzellenter Erhaltung mit nur einigen Stockfleckchen auf dem oberen Schnitt. Innen sehr sauber. In dieser Erhaltung ein nahezu unauffindbares Sammler-Exemplar dieses seltenen Buchs !