Ende, Michael (1973) ‘Momo’, German signed and inscribed first edition

Michael Ende (1973) ‘Momo – Oder die Seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte.’, German first edition, sixth printing (1976), published by Thienemann Verlag. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page to the literature and art historian Curt Grützmacher: “Für Prof. Dr. Curt Grützmacher | mit allen guten Wünschen | Michael Ende | 22.10.82”

Condition: a fine copy with only light shelf wear. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped.

Momo (1973) won Ende the prestigious German Youth Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis). It is, next to the Jim Knopf stories and The Neverending Story (1979) his best known novel with numerous adaptations. In the German-speaking world generations of children have enjoyed the story and also read it in schools. Genuinely signed books by Ende are scarce because the author lived in Rome and avoided the limelight.