As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me.
New York: Random House, 1957. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Lightly pressed spine tips, sticker remnants and owner blind stamp ffep, owner gift inscription ffep verso, still very good in very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine tips, in mylar cover. Item #243923
HYPOTHETICALLY 8,000 MILES ACROSS SIBERIA
Cornelius Rost, an Austrian citizen conscripted into German forces, allegedly escaped a Soviet labor camp after being captured during the fall of Axis powers. Josef M. Bauer, a German novelist, told of Rost's 8,000-mile trek across the freezing wastelands of Siberia in his most well-known work, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me, agreeing to use the alias Clemens Forell to protect Rost's identity. After his death, Roth's account faced skepticism as key details about his escape failed verification.
Presented here is a first U.S. edition, first printing.
Price: $65.00