Description

• The Book Thief, with Death as narrator, was an international bestseller & formed the basis of the film of the same name starring Sophie Nélisse & Geoffrey Rush
• Set in Nazi Germany during WW2, the story centres on an ordinary family [in particular the young daughter] who house a Jew despite the risks
• Inscribed March, 2010 / Dear Katharine / – A SMALL NOTE – / Thank you! / & signed in full Markus Zusak with small doodle
• With ink ownership of highly regarded Australian literary critic Katharine England, and a couple of her pencilled notes
• First Printing [Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2005]; [viii], 584 pages; illustrated card covers, slightly bumped & curled at corners, owner’s name, a near-fine copy; ISBN 0-330-36426-X / 033036426X