Marga Minco - Het bittere kruid: Een kleine kroniek. Met tekeningen van Herman Dijkstra

Marga Minco - Het bittere kruid: Een kleine kroniek. Met tekeningen van Herman Dijkstra - Den Haag - Bert Bakker / Daamen NV - 1957 - 2nd edition - 128 pp. - Pocketbook - 10,5 x 17 cm. - Cover design: [Herman] Berserik.

Condition: Good - with contemporary SIGNATURE of the author [see description below].

Second edition of the much-translated war chronicle [Bitter herbs], a classic from European literature about World War II. Illustrated with black and white drawings by the Groningen artist Herman Dijkstra (1904-1976). Series Ooievaar [pockets] 56.

¶ Marga Minco's debut (pseudonym of Sara Menco, 1920-) sold quite well. After the first issue in May, this 2nd edition was published in September 1957, again in a print run of 10,000 copies. Cf. Jessica Voeten p. 20; fig. 4.

This copy (with reading crease on spine, slightly discolored, vulnerable binding) was provided with an author's photo from a newspaper cutting by the first owner on the title page. In addition, the book was SIGNED by Marga Minco on the French title page and - given the note on the motto page - this happened on the Bookmarket of De Bijenkorf during the 'Boekenweek' 1958. Read more about this event Voeten p. 22.