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New York: Summit Books, 1989. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($18.95). Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are crisp and clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Includes 43 delightful essays by the author of SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, THE PERIODIC TABLE and THE MONKEY'S WRENCH. Several of the essays are autobiographical, treating the reader to glimpses of Levi's childhood summers, his grandparents, unrequited first love, experiences in the death camps, his career as a chemist, and more. Among other topics are: birds, butterflies and beetles, the leap of a flea, frogs on the moon, sidewalks, Rabelais, children's imaginary animals, the mysteries of fire and electricity, fear of snakes, qualities common to chess and poetry, psychological testing, playing children's games, using a word processor for the first time, the challenges of returning to school at the age of sixty, 60, the language of chemistry, the German poets Trakl and Celan, etc. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. Bound in the original blue boards, with a black cloth spine lettered in silver. Complete with dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 223pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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