The Joke Tapa dura - 1982

HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. The first Harper & Row edition of the author's first novel; published 8 years after the 1st American edition; remainder mark on bottom edge; translated by Michael Henry Heim; 267pp.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York. 1982. November 1982. Harper & Row. 1st Edition of This New Translation. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0060149876. Newly Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. 267 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Literature Translated Czech Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after THE JOKE was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera ‘s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of THE JOKE. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with… Leer más

NY:: Harper & Row,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0060149876 . Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. First American printing of the complete translation. Smells a bit musty, else very good in a very good, price clipped dust jacket. .

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1982. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover..

Harper & Row. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. 1982 Harper & Row hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - minor wear to edge of dust jacket - some staining to closed page edge - binding out of square - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. Some nicks to edge of dust jacket, a few pages creased at corner. 8vo. 267pp. Beige cloth-backed boards; pictorial dust jacket. Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim.

NEW YORK NY: HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS. FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. 1982. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST U.S. EDITION OF A COMPLETE NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL HENRY HEIM . BOOK IS FINE WITH A REMAINDER STAR ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF TEXT BLOCK. D.J. HAS A SMALL NICK AND A SHORT TEAR ON THE REAR PANEL WITH A TRACE OF RUB AT THE TOP CORNERS. AN EXCELLENT COPY. .