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1924réf. 140940274New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Complete in two volumes bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in red; lacking the dust jackets. Very Good with water stains to cloth and bottom corner of textblock edge of one volume light biopredation previous owner inscriptions to first blanks and vintage bookseller tickets to recto of rear free endpapers. Still not a bad looking set. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1928réf. 588537Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall octavo. 359pp. Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering with neat ink owner name and initials. Very good or better with wear to the edges some light bumping and a bit of fraying at the spine ends. A full issue of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science devoted to The American Negro. Contributors include W.E.B. Du Bois "Race Relations in the United States" E. Franklin Frazier "The Negro Family" James Weldon Johnson "Legal Aspects of the Negro Problem" Horace Mann Bond Kelly Miller Walter White Alain Locke Monroe Work Charles S. Johnson and others. Reprinted on a couple of occasions the first edition is scarce. The American Academy of Political and Social Science hardcover books
1922réf. 001248Miunkhen Munich: Orkhis 1922. 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 portraitsfacsimile 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. Miunkhen (Munich): Orkhis hardcover books
1944réf. 156448New York: Creative Age Press 1944. First American Edition published in the UK as "The Blue Angel" in 1930 and prior to that as "Professor Unrat" in 1905 in German. REVIEW COPY with publisher's dated slip laid in. Basis for Josef von Sternberg's classic 1930 film "The Blue Angel" the movie that catapulted Marlene Dietrich to stardom. Near Fine in a bright Very Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket is especially nice for this cheaply-made title with two small chips along the top edge and one at the spine heel. Creative Age Press unknown books
1976réf. 162323New York: Rodgers and Hammerstein 1976. Vintage script for the 1976 Broadway revival of the 1940 Broadway musical. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil throughout noting characters in each scene. Based on the 1940 epistolary novel by John O'Hara who also wrote the play book about a second-rate nightclub singer's life in Chicago. Making its Broadway debut on December 25 1940 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre the production enjoyed the third-longest run of any Rodgers and Hart play. The revival was staged at the Circle in the Square Theatre from June 27 to August 29 1976 with choreography by Margo Sappington. Basis for the 1957 film starring Frank Sinatra Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. Maroon titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for Hart O'Hara and Rodgers. 83 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-5-39. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine partially bound with a single silver screw brad. Rodgers and Hammerstein unknown books
1723réf. 37842Offenbach: Israel b. Moses Boneforte 1723. First edition. Hardcover. fair to g. Folio. 47 leaves. Contemporary half leather over red marble paper boards. Title page with printer's emblem. Head piece with Noah's ark on title-page and page 3. Elaborate tail piece with a cherub after introduction. Commentary on the aggadic portions of the Talmud. Print uses double columns and uses regular print for the talmudic text with Rashi script for the author's commentary. Summary notes printed in the margins. Includes approbations by R. Jacob Reischer of Prague and R. Menahem Mendel Askhkenazi of Mainz. R. Menahem Mann was the nephew of the Prussian court Jew Judah Berlin Jost Liebman and R. Benjamin Wolf Liebman. Text in Hebrew. Spine chipped. Edges rubbed. Cover scratched. Inscription from previous owner on title page. Rippling and staining to leaves. Overall in fair to good condition. Israel b. Moses Boneforte hardcover books
1965réf. 155867N.p.: N.p. 1965. Seven vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1965 film With stamps and manuscript press notations variously on the versos of each. Based on the 1963 novel by John Fowles about an amateur entomologist who kidnaps a London art student. Nominated for three Academy Awards and winner of Best Actor and Best Actress awards at Cannes Film Festival. Three photographs 9.5 x 7 inches two photographs 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus. Grant US. N.p. unknown books
1816réf. 22014Dedham: H Mann & Co. 1816. First Edition. Original publisher's boards. Very good; paper spine abraded in places affecting the label; some toning but internally a clean copy; front board present but detached; verso of the title page with a library release - but no accessioning. 8vo xiv - mis-numbering in the Preface where a number sequence repeats; text is complete and correct 11 - 318 pp. Rutkow describes this book as the best and most vivid account of early 19th century American military life. The chapters on surgery are invaluable for the first hand descriptions of the treatment of wounds. Mann was an army surgeon during the War of 1812. The book offered here is a memoir of his experiences. The sections dealing with military hospitals are especially informative about techniques and care of the wounded. G-M #2161.1; Austin #1190; Kelly & Burrage 805-'06; Rutkow GS4. H Mann & Co. hardcover books
1990réf. 46786One of 375 numbered copies signed by the artist John Hejduk. Illustrated with lithographs in color very geometrical in nature. Striking in its use of Monotype Gill Sans by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari of Golgonooza Letter Foundry. Limited Editions Club books
1970réf. 137404N.p.: N.p. 1970. Original typescript screenplay for an unproduced film called "After the Fall" based on Arthur Miller's 1964 play about a Jewish intellectual living in New York. Miller's play opened on Broadway in 1964 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre ran for 208 performances and closed on May 29 1965. A television movie of the play was released in 1974 but Mann appears to have not been involved in the project. Abby Mann 1927-2008 wrote screenplays for "Judgment at Nuremberg" 1961 earning him an Academy Award "A Child Is Waiting" 1963 "Ship of Fools" 1965 "The Detective" 1968 "Report to the Commissioner" 1975 and "War and Love 1985. His work also extended into television for series like "Medical Story" 1975-1976 and "Kojak" 1973-1978 a show he helped create and several "Kojak" television movies. Black wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Miller and screenwriter Mann. 195 leaves with last page of text numbered 194. Typescript on white stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound in a black spring binder. N.p. unknown books
1971réf. 151550N.p.: Alfa Cinematografica 1971. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of Luchino Visconti and Silvana Mangano on the set of the 1971 film. Mimeo snipe "Parimage" stamp and "Camera Press" stamp on verso. Based on Thomas Mann's 1912 novella. Mann's lonely and obsessed novelist was transformed by Visconti into a composer based on Mahler who travels to Venice for his health and becomes increasingly obsessed with an adolescent Polish boy. The middle film of Visconit's "German Trilogy" an impressionistic conceptual cycle that begins with "The Damned" 1969 and ends with "Ludwig" 1972. Nominated for an Academy Award and for the Palm d'Or. Shot on location in Venice Italy. 12 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with some creasing and two small closed tears to left edge. Criterion Collection 962. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. Alfa Cinematografica unknown books
1845réf. 333470Boston: Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen 1845. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann. 124pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers small chip at upper outer margin on upper cover spine with wear and loss. Inscribed on the front cover "G.F. Clark from Hon. Horace Mann.". 124pp. 8vo. An important work by Mann responding to criticism over his educational reform particularly his common school system and the emphasis on non-sectarian education. Wm. B. Fowle and Nahum Capen unknown books
1934réf. 470378New York: Equinox Cooperative Press 1934. Hardcover. First edition. Lithographs by Lynd Ward. Octavo. 64pp. Decorated boards with spine label in publisher's slipcase with label on the front. Touch of sunning at the spine else near fine in slipcase with a nick at one corner and a hint of sunning. Copy number 533 of 1000 copies numbered and Signed by Thomas Mann. Equinox Cooperative Press hardcover books
1936réf. 1410452New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1936. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo ix 2 567 pages. In Very Good minus condition with two dust jackets; a first printing jacket in Very Good minus condition and a later printing jacket in Good condition. First printing jacket is red with black and navy lettering wrapped in a new archival mylar sleeve. Later printing jacket is white and red with black and red lettering. Volume is in full oatmeal cloth binding with burgundy lettering. First printing jacket shows mild wear to covers with some rubbing along edges and joints. Lightly age toned with sunning to spine. Very shallow chipping to jacket at head of spine; wrinkling at tail with a small closed tear at the bottom of the rear joint. Later printing jacket shows heavier scuffing and wear with closed tears and small areas of chipping along the top and fore edges. Moderate soiling to jacket spine and back cover. Price unclipped: "$3.00". Boards show light wear with some fraying to head and sunning to spine. Text block shows moderate wear toning and soiling along edges with foxing to fore edge. Lightly age toned throughout. Soiling along hinges. Splitting to front hinge. Bookplate of former Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution Silvio A. Bedini on front pastedown with his ownership inscription in the top corner of the front flyleaf. Signed flat by Thomas Mann in black ink on front flyleaf: "Thomas Mann". Shelved in Case 7. 1410452. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1990réf. 324018New York: The Limited Editions Club 1990. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies signed by Hejduk. 183 pp. Illustrated with lithographs by John Hejduk. 1 vols. 4to. Original full brown calf upper cover lettered in black. Fine copy in cloth slipcase with prospectus. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies signed by Hejduk. 183 pp. Illustrated with lithographs by John Hejduk. 1 vols. 4to. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
réf. 24308On Mann's letterhead written to the New York Post columnist thanking him for "the flattering invitation" presumably to write a column for him as a guest. Mann is "-- in principle -- interested in your proposition but I cannot at this moment give you a definitive answer. A week or so from now I shall know whether or not a piece of work which I have undertaken to complete before the middle of February will be ready in time for me to accept any additional obligations. You shall have my final reply as soon as possible. Meanwhile I should be glad to be advised as to the fee involved in my proposed guest-performance. unknown books
réf. 24309To the editor of "Story" magazine where Mann had been frequently published since its inception and numous anthologies. "I was very interested to learn about your plan of a television series based upon the work and the authors in "The World's Best" and I am quite willing to cooperate in this series. As for the story most suitable for this purpose I am looking forward to your suggestions. unknown books
1935réf. 16476New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1935. First American Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near fine. Signed first American edition first printing of Young Joseph by Thomas Mann in the publisher's scarce dust jacket. Octavo 311pp. Black cloth title stamped in blind on front cover and in gilt on spine. Yellow topstain publisher's patterned endpapers. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block faint dust remnants to top edge a near fine copy. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $2.50 on front flap sunning to spine bright illustrations on covers. Signed by the author Thomas Mann on the front flyleaf. Thomas Mann 1875-1955 was a German novelist and essayist known for his exploration of intellectual and moral dilemmas which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. This book is part of a four-part novel series retelling the biblical story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis. Originally published between 1933 and 1943 the series includes: The Stories of Jacob Young Joseph Joseph in Egypt and Joseph the Provider. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2022réf. 48157Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2022. Very Good . Irvine CA: Suntup Editions 2022. Publisher's Numbered Edition limited to 250 copies signed by Lansdale Kreutz and Mann and colophon this being #223. Octavo; bound in quarter goatskin with Japanese cloth sides; decorative endpapers; 165pp. Frontis; Color plates including fold-out illustration featuring the Artist Edition dust jacket. Errata and two publisher's bookmarks laid in. Housed in a four-flap enclosure covered in Japanese cloth and lined with red velour. Boards show very light shelfwear and a couple faint smudges; binding sound; pages unmarked. Enclosure stained along side panel; a few stray additional spots; overall a Very Good or better copy. Suntup Editions unknown books
1940réf. 470375New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Small octavo. 68pp. Light spot on rear board else fine in very good dust jacket with small tear at the front flap fold spot on the rear panel and sunned along the spine and the edges. Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Rarely found in jacket or signed. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1990réf. 18112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown books
1963réf. 151019N.p.: N.p. 1963. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film two borderless photographs of Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann and one photograph of Jacques Demy and Moreau on the set of the film. One with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome" on verso. A young bank employee Jean encouraged by his friend to try gambling decides to vacation in Nice where he meets and begins an affair with the beautiful Jackie a gambling addict whose addiction masks an emptiness and despair. Set in and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and Monte Carlo Monaco. 2 8.75 x 7 inches 1 8 x 10 inches. One with faint creasing else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown books
1939réf. 55360Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1939. First printing. Very good plus in very good minus jacket. First edition of this important account of the emigration of "those creative artists and thinkers for whom existence under the swastika became intolerable" cover. Erika Mann daughter of Nobel laureate Thomas Mann was long persistent in her criticism of the Nazi regime. Her best-selling SCHOOL FOR BARBARIANS - published just the year before ESCAPE - was along with this title written with her brother one of the most impactful pieces of pre-war opposition. Mann - who at various points worked as a travel writer war reporter radio broadcaster cabaret owner actress and literary executor for her father - was forced to flee Germany in 1933 herself and later gained British citizenship by way of a marriage of convenience with poet W.H. Auden. While BARBARIANS focused on German fascist propaganda and education ESCAPE details those writers scholars scientists intellectuals and artists who fled Germany beginning in 1933 to escape the censorship and oppression of the Nazi regime. Increasingly uncommon in the first edition especially so in jacket. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original full red cloth stamped in blue and gold. In original price-clipped pictorial jacket. 384 pages. Jacket rubbed and edgeworn with some creasing and like soil. Book has touches of shelfwear at extremities. Else clean and sound. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1853réf. 316013Yellow Springs OH 1853. 2 pp. 12mo. Single leaf of stationery shallow chip at blank left margin with no loss of text. 2 pp. 12mo. The "father of American public school" writes to accept the invitation of the State Teacher's Association of Ohio to deliver their annual address and to express his admiration. In part: "I sincerely hope the time has now come when I can establish cordial relations with a Society which I have long regarded with so much honor & respect. I shall gladly avail myself of this ocassion to show the deep interest which I feel in the noble efforts of the Ohio Teachers of Common Schools." The letter dates from two months after Mann assumed the presidency of the newly established Antioch College at Yellow Springs. unknown books
1816réf. 65448Dedham MA: Printed by H. Mann and Co 1816. First edition. 8vo. 317 1 pp. Sabin 44328: "Contains information relative to the war not found elsewhere." HOWES M-258. AUSTIN 1190. American Imprints 38138. Bookplate of prominent Rhode Island physician Irving Addison Beck on front pastedown some light browning to the text but very good. Contemporary calf rubbed and somewhat eroded rebacked with gilt rules and leather label on the spine. 11197. Printed by H. Mann and Co unknown books
