Die unendliche Geschichte. [The Neverending Story].

First German edition and true first of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Michael Ende on the half-title page in German to Dr. Angelika Blachoschowa. The recipient was editor-in-chief of the important Czech children literature publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed and inscribed.