Maus: A Survivor's Tale. I. My Father Bleeds History
New York: Pantheon Books, (1986). First Edition. Graphic novel. Hardcover. Octavo. 159 pages.
The first installment of Spiegelman's graphic novel of his father's experiences as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust. The story intricately weaves the past with the present, as Spiegelman interviews his father to document his survival and recounts his own struggles to understand and cope with the inherited trauma.
Spiegelman won a special Pulitzer Prize for the completed work in 1992, which was the first Pulitzer awarded for a graphic novel.
Bound in black paper over boards with gray cloth spine, illustrated endpapers. Upper board and spine titled in white. Minor extremity bumps. No prior ownership marks. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
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