Diary of Anne Frank. Het Achterhuis – First Edition, illustr., 1947, Dutch
Diary of Anne Frank. Het Achterhuis – First Edition, 1947, Dutch
Het Achterhuis [The Annex]. Amsterdam: Contact, 1947. Dutch. IX, 253 pp. Here 252 pages, last page is missing, 19 x 11 cm.
With portrait of Anne Frank on frontispiece. 4 pages of illustrations – plan and photos of her shelter in Amsterdam
Woodcut ex-libris, KKL (JNF) on endpaper
First Dutch edition. Only 1,500 copies printed.
The Dutch edition was the first edition of the "Diary of Anne Frank" ever published in any language, preceding by five years the first English language edition which was published in 1952.
Condition: Last page is missing, spine, rear endpaper and rear cover are missing, front cover, endpaper and frontispiece are detached.
Brown paper to cover, endpaper and frontispiece; endpaper and frontispiece chipped to edges.
Some moderate foxing stains internally, yellow paper.
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Diary of Anne Frank. Het Achterhuis – First Edition, 1947, Dutch
Het Achterhuis [The Annex]. Amsterdam: Contact, 1947. Dutch. IX, 253 pp. Here 252 pages, last page is missing, 19 x 11 cm.
With portrait of Anne Frank on frontispiece. 4 pages of illustrations – plan and photos of her shelter in Amsterdam
Woodcut ex-libris, KKL (JNF) on endpaper
First Dutch edition. Only 1,500 copies printed.
The Dutch edition was the first edition of the "Diary of Anne Frank" ever published in any language, preceding by five years the first English language edition which was published in 1952.
Condition: Last page is missing, spine, rear endpaper and rear cover are missing, front cover, endpaper and frontispiece are detached.
Brown paper to cover, endpaper and frontispiece; endpaper and frontispiece chipped to edges.
Some moderate foxing stains internally, yellow paper.