Die unendliche Geschichte. [The Neverending Story].

ENDE, Michael.

Item Number: 112356

Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, 1979.

First German edition and true first of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Michael Ende on the half-title page in German to Dr. Angelika Blachoschowa. The recipient was editor-in-chief of the important Czech children literature publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

The Neverending Story was originally published in German as "Die unendliche Geschichte" in 1979 and later translated by Ralph Mainheim. It was later adapted to film in 1984 and directed by Wolfgang Petersen.