TWELVE YEARS: An American Boyhood in East Germany; [Inscribed association copy].
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1981). First edition. INSCRIBED TO HIS COPY EDITOR on half-title page, "For Carmen Gomezplata/ mit herzlichen glückwünschen/ (with hearty happiness-wishes)/ von/ Joel Agee/ New York, April 30, 1981." Carmen Gomezplata was chief copy editor at Farrar Straus for decades and well known for her professionalism combined with a personal touch (Madeleine L'Engle even dedicated one of her books to her). Faint foxing to page edges, slight tanning along top and bottom edge of boards, and spine edges mildly bumped, otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with some rubbing, especially at spine ends with tiny nicks, and faint foxing. From back cover: "This is one of those rare personal memoirs that brings to life a whole country and an epoch. I'm sure that James Agee would have been proud of his son's beautifully written book./ Christopher Isherwood."
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