The Neverending Story by Michael Ende [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1983 • Doubleday & Co.

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende with translation by Ralph Manheim & illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg 

U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1983] DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY

A Beautiful copy of this rare True U.S. First Edition. 

The book is a former library copy that has been meticulously restored with only minimal indications. 

Dust jacket is in excellent shape; beautifully preserved.   Some mild wear to corners and edges and a touch of fading to spine.

Featuring a crisp unclipped front panel with original jacket price of $15.95.  Now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protectior. 

Book itself is beautiful.  Pristine gilded red cloth boards with marbled endpapers.  Faintest trace of tape ghosting to cloth (barely visible to the eye)  

Inside, pages are clean, white, crisp and read beautifully with a few lib. markings:

*Library ID stamp on title page with an identical stamp across bottom of text block.
*half-title page has a small red "Withdrawn" stamp in center.
*Minuscule red "date stamp" on copyright page.

Otherwise, interior pages look and read as new.   Stunning copy!

This epic work of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it was first published more than a decade ago. Its special story within a story is an irresistible invitation for readers to become part of the book itself. And now this modern classic and bibliophile's dream is available in hardcover again.

The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, and magic and once Bastian begins his quest, he may never return. As he is drawn deeper into Fantastica, he must find the courage to face unspeakable foes and the mysteries of his own heart.

Readers, too, can travel to the wondrous, unforgettable world of Fantastica if they will just turn the page...