Introduction by thomas mann (23 résultats)

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Good. 141 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Clean text. Lightly stained covers. Creases on covers and spine.

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 27th Printing: October 1978. 141 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased and skewed spine. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.

Translated from the German by Michael Roloff and Micheal Lebeck. Just the lightest lines here and there to the text. From a scholar 's library which may be helpful to next reader. Very close to fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing thus in Dent Everyman's Library Hardback xiv + 360 pp. + 8 pages publisher's adverts Very Good condition in Very Good dust jacket (tiny closed nicks top of spine area. Jacket now protected by transparent sleeve). No inscriptions.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Used book in fair conditions. Binding remains square, heavily marked with blue and red pen and the cover has usual signs of wear without any major imperfection. Small stain on outer edge. DB.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 159 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Copyright Renewed 1959. 126 pp. Text in German. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Minor damage to spine. Previous owner's name inscribed on title page.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Dial Press, New York, 1945, Hardcover, no statement of printing - assumed first American edition of this collection. Contains: The Gambler, Notes From Underground, Uncle's Dream, The Eternal Husband, The Double and The Friend of The Family. Book is Very Good but with some faint soiling on the boards, two small spots of stain and a line of tiny white spots on the spine - paint?, bumps to top and bottom of spine, binding holding just fine, internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Very Good minus - some chipping, scuffs, closed tears at the forward corners, jacket comes in a removable, archival mylar sleeve. A nice copy for its 80 plus years.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good + Jacket. First American Edition. 318 Pp. Grey Cloth Stamped In Maroon. First American Printing. Near Fine, Clean, No Mark. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Light Wear Around Base Of Spine, Minute Losses At Corners.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Special Edition. 107pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. Owner's name written on front endpaper. No library stamps. Green slipcase in Near Fine condition. Book is elegantly bound in a Japanese-fold method. Boards covered with French marbled paper; spine is an olive leather, tough levant-grained fabric, stamped in pure gold leaf.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair/Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Book appears to be an ex-lending library copy with lots of wear at edges spine and extremities and some chipping at tips, but no real markings or pockets save for a shadow of some sort at front cover. OW a pretty square looking copy of this seldom seen early edition of Mann's memoir of growing up under the Nazi's! Many glossy photos peppered throughout the book. 176 pages + 8 pages of photos. Introduction by the author's father, Thomas Mann.…

Paper. Etat : Fine. First city Lights Edition. Bold black and white woodcuts by Masereel tell the story without any words, nor are any needed. Long intro. by Thomas Mann. Faint small corner crease to the front cover, otherwise a fine copy of a beautiful book. Fine. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 904 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Hardback. Thomas Mann. Stories and Episodes. Previous owners initials and date to inside cover. Couple of slight marks to spine of cloth. Red cloth with gilt lettering. The selection is made with the author's approval, and the Introduction by E. F. Bozman outlines the development of Mann's philosophy and offers an explanation why this great writer, fundamentally German in art and outlook, is ostracized by Nazidom. 359 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 904 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Etat : Like New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Hardcover with red leather spine with gilt lettering and decorations; boards covered in marbled paper; red endpapers; French-fold pages; b&w illustrations; limited edition 914/1500; Signed by Hoffmann. Book in like-new condition. Slipcase in fine condition: slight scuffing on bottom edge, otherwise excellent. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book. …

Etat : Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp.318, red cloth with purple title-band, gilt; light evidence of erased pencilling to title page of 'Michael Kohlhaas', foxing to fore-edges, spine lightly rolled, a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped dust-jacket, with light rubbing to extremities, and small closed tears to head of folds for spine. …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 3rd Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943 (First Edition was issued in 1930).  XVI+ 340 pages + VII pp Introductory note to the First American Edition by Edwin Muir. NearFine to Fine Hardcover, no dj.    Illustrated Gray cloth, Black spine title. No Wear.  Clean book except  personal bookplate on the inside Front cover. Strong Tight binding and hinges.  8.33X5.75"X1.3".   be36.…

First Edition of this collection. Facsimiles of title-pages of early editions Lettering label on spine darkened and rubbed, otherwise a very nice copy; end-papers somewhat darkened, bookplate.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 2nd Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Second Edition.NearFine Hardcover, no dj. XVII+340 pages, Also VII pages of the Introductory Note to the first edition added in the back of the book. Gray cloth with Black stamping in front, Black/Blue spine title.Minimal wear to the top of the spine. One word (looks like a last name) penned on the Flyleaf otherwise clean throughout. Strong Tight binding and hinges. 8.25"x5.5"x1.5". be31.…

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. inscribed by Hollander, 448pp, octavo. Inscription reads, " To Mr. and Mrs. Bennett of Deep Well Ranch with thanks for all the lovely times we've spent here sincerely Frederick Hollander Thanksgiving 1941" Maria Bennett, the recipient, was a poet, writer, and scholar. She was invited by Robinson Jeffers to do his authorized biography, and was a noted bibliophile of the time. Frederick Hollander's first novel, introduction by Thomas Mann. inscription on front end paper, tight binding, clean blue boards with gold titles, faint edgewear, small mark to bottom page edges, white page edges on all sides, clean throughout nice color to covers, chipped edges, a few closed tears at the edges, clear images, small crease to front flap, very good-.…

Hardcover. First edition; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4; pp. 144; cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards; a bit of discoloration and spotting to boards; pages with small moisture ripples to margins (not affecting text and illustrations); gift inscription to half-title page; good to very good condition. Title, preface, index, and subtitles in Russian and in German.An incredible accomplishment and a standard point of reference for big part of the 20th century, the book encompassed the portraits,facsimile letters, signatures, and artwork of 137 of Russia's most accomplished authors and poets of all times - from Lomonosov, through Pushkin and Gogol, to Tolstoy, Block, and Akhmatova. The portraits, some of them from engravings, others from paintings, and still others from photographs, were originally created by renowned artists such as Mir Isskustva members Iurii Annenkov and Konstantin Somov and graphic artist Sergei Chekhonin. The author, Alexander Eliasberg (1878-1924), was a Jewish-Russian historian, translator, and author who had immigrated to Munich in 1905. Among his works, the present one was arguably his masterpiece, also evidenced by novelist and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann's enthusiastic praises in the latter's preface to the book. OCLC lists 4 institutional holdings with none other presently in the trade. 2. …