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1938réf. 009711New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good in soiled and stained but intact slipcase. Two volumes in slipcase. The third installment in the Joseph tetralogy. INSCRIBED to Paul Elkin and SIGNED by the author on the title page of the first volume. Mann first wrote an "A" to begin Elkin's last name and then wrote over it. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1950réf. 022175Pacific Palisades 24 March 1950. Letter. Near Fine. Single-spaced typed letter on 8-1/2" x 11" personal stationery to Philip Blair Rice editor of THE KENYON REVIEW thanking him for sending an issue of the periodical "with the article by R. P. Blackmur about my novel 'Doctor Faustus'. But it is my desire to tell you that the repeated perusal of the study has given me great satisfaction and that quite apart from its topic I admire Mr. Blackmur's work as a highly distinguished critical achievement." Mann mentions Blair's own essay on Mann's book also published in THE KENYON REVIEW: "'The Merging Parallels' a study I have not forgotten. Together with this new comment it is included in my collection of personal and public reactions to this work of my old age which is particularly close to my heart." unknown books
1924réf. 140942634New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. First Edition. First American edition first printing. vi 389 ;iv 359 pp. Complete in two volumes bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in red lacking slipcase. Near Fine with former owner name written on first blank bookseller tickets on paste downs copyright page on Vol. 2 uncut. In original pictorial dust jackets toned and lightly worn with a little staining to front flaps Vol. 1 Good with chipping at head and tail archival tissue mend to verso along split in front joint Vol. 2 Very Good. The German author's first and most acclaimed novel rare in jackets. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1963réf. 163783N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film showing actors Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann. Stamp of photographer Agnès Varda film director and wife of Jacques Demy on the verso. Varda and director Jacques Demy were married from 1962 until Demy's death in 1990. While vacationing in Nice a quiet young bank employee begins an affair with a gambler whose addiction and despair mirrors his own. Set and shot on location in Alpes-Maritimes Val-d'Oise and Paris France and in and Monte Carlo Monaco. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 715. N.p. unknown books
1829réf. 39841London: Printed for The Company of Stationers 1829. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Size: 2 3/8 x 1 3/8". Unpaginated. 26pp. Original gold- red- and green-stamped pocket style full morocco binding housed in a matching morocco slipcase. All edges gilt. Striking four-page engraved frontispiece by Henry Adlard depicting the King's Palace and St. James' Park after a drawing by Thomas Mann Baynes. Spectacular miniature Almanac from the year 1830 providing all sorts of useful information such as: common notes for 1830; a 12-month calendar; a table of Kings and Queens' reigns; a table of Lord Mayors and Sheriffs from the year 1809 to the year 1830; a list of holidays; a table of the current coins; and a list of eclipses for 1830. Almanacs were very popular and often given as presents in varying forms to suit every pocket. Our copy contains a gift inscription on free front endpaper for Maria Sotheby "a gift from her dear mamma 4th June 1841." Frontispiece starting but still attached. Tail of spine slightly chipped. Slipcase in overall very good binding and interior in good to very good condition. Printed for The Company of Stationers hardcover books
1941réf. 274392New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Offsetting to blank preliminaries from clippings else near fine in a price-clipped near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1806réf. 41672Dedham: Printed and Sold by H. Mann; who executes music printing of all kinds on reasonable terms 1806. Quarto. Sewn. i title within oval ornamental border 2-32 pp. Typeset throughout. With contents to head of page 2. Contains 27 pieces most with text some instrumental as follows: - Address to a Tuft of Violets. A New Song. Written by H. Mann. Music by O. Shaw - Bonaparte's Grand March - Gen. Abercrombie's March - Tink a Tink - Tears that Exhale. A Favourite Song Sung by Master Walsh in the Prisoner composed by T. Andrews - O Listen to the Voice of Love - Drink to Me only. A Favorite Glee. Composed by Dr. Jackson - Felton's Gavot. With Variations - Poor Emma. A Favorite New Song - Air by O. Shaw - Unmoved I'll Brave the Stormy Sea. Sung by Miss Brett - The Persian Maid. Composed by W.E. Heather. Words by G. Walker - Poor Richard - Adieu My Liberty - 'Tis Only No Harm To Know It You Know. A New Song. The Poetry by J.O. Keefe Music by William Shield - Bonny Doon. A Favorite Scotch Song - Storace - New Century Hornpipe - The Miller's Daughter. A Favorite Song. Composed by Mr. Hook - London. Composed by T. Swan - A Favorite Rondeau - She Lives in the Valley Below. A New Song Composed by Mr. Hook - Resignation. A New Song Composed by O. Shaw - I owe You One. A Favorite Song Sung by Mrs. Seymour in the Sixty Third Letter - A Favorite March in the Demolution of the Bastille - The Cottage in the Grove. A Favorite New Song - Hymn. Composed by O. Shaw Slightly worn and browned; upper outer and lower inner corners stained; some corners slightly frayed and creased. Wolfe 7884. OCLC 36038853 2 copies only. Shaw was a noted American composer compiler teacher singer organist and publisher. "After accidental eye damage leading to blindness he undertook musical studies with John L. Berkenhead Gottlieb Graupner and Thomas Granger about 1800. In 1805 he established himself as a teacher of the piano and organ in Dedham Massachusetts where he began to issue his music in collaboration with Herman Mann. Moving to Providence in 1807 Shaw became a central figure in the city's musical life as organist organizer of bands and composer of songs odes anthems and marches for patriotic and civic occasions. . Shaw sought to improve the quality of local sacred music co-founding the Psallonian Society and provided inspiration to the founding of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society in 1815 frequently participating in its early performance. His tenor voice was described as sweet simple and natural; his performances of his own compositions were said to be remarkably affective. Mary's Tears There's nothing true but heav'n and All things fair and bright are thine were particularly popular establishing him as a leader in the development of American song. Shaw taught the piano and singing throughout his career and conducted singing schools in the early decades of the 19th century Lowell Mason was among his pupils. He also instructed his own children who later served him as amanuenses. His pedagogical compositions include many easy keyboard pieces two instructional books for the piano 1811 1831 and a compilation of ensemble music For the Gentlemen 1807 which was one of the earliest American printed instrumental tutors by a native composer." Bruce Degen in Grove Music Online Mann was an important early 19th century American publisher especially of hymns and secular songs based in Dedham Massachusetts. Printed and Sold by H. Mann; who executes music printing of all kinds, on reasonable terms unknown books
1948réf. 140950007New York: Boni & Gaer 1948. First Edition. Good/Good. First edition first printing. Signed on the front free endpaper by four of the "Hollywood Ten": Herbert Biberman Samuel Ornitz Edward Dmytryk and John Howard Lawson. xii 229pp. Bound in publisher's grey paper spine and front board lettered in green. Good with lean to spine light staining and wear to binding textblock edges. Prelims heavily stained; front free endpaper stained without affecting signatures. In a Good price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and soiling closed tears and some loss to panels folds. Signed by nearly half of the "Hollywood Ten" screenwriters and directors cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions posed by the anti-Communist House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. They were fined and sentenced to prison. Of the four who have signed this book Edward Dmytryk the director of the noir films Crossfire and Murder My Sweet is the only one who recanted and asked to testify claiming the Cold War and the trial of Alger Hiss had changed his mind. In 1951 he gave the names of "subversives" to the Committee. His career was revived and he went on to direct the classics Mutiny on the Bounty The Sniperand The Caine Mutiny. Boni & Gaer unknown books
1930réf. 263154Poschingerstr. 1 Munich 1930. One page signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds pinhole tear at center else fine. One page signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. German author Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel prize in lterature in 1929 and Alfred Eisenstaedt was there to take his picture. Mann writes the young photographer to acknowledge receipt of photographs reading in part: «Die Aufnahmen sind ebenso wohlgelungen wie die vorigen besonders gefallen mir die Grossaufnahmene von mir allein und von mir mit meiner Frau. Ich freue mich auch diese hübschen Andenken menem kleinen nordischen Reiseerinnerungen-Archiv einfügen zu können und begrüsse Sie mit widerholten Dank.» I am especially pleased with the large format portraits of me alone and of me with my wife. I will be happy to add these lovely mementos to the small archive of my northern tour. Mann 1875-1955 left Germany for Switzerland in 1933 after the Nazi rise to power. With one-page typed letter signed from Walter Israel editor of Funkstunde radio magazine introducing Eisenstaedt to radio announcer Alfred Braun who reported from Stockholm on the 1929 Nobel Prize ceremony. unknown books
1957réf. 153028Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film here under the working title "House of Monsters." Copy belonging to screenwriter John D.F. Black writing under the nom de plume "Geoffrey Dennis" with his manuscript pencil and ink annotations on virtually every page noting deletions and revisions and revising pagination. In his quest to discover the fountain of youth a mad scientist accidentally turns his research subjects who believe they are receiving a cure for depression into grotesque zombies. Self wrappers. Missing title page possibly as issued. Undated 103 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Carbon typescript and typescript rectos only. Pages Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Republic Pictures unknown books
1935réf. 27318New York. Aflred A. Knopf. 1935. Gilt titled and embossed black cloth. 12mo. 1st U.S. Edition. Signed by Mann on flyleaf. A Fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Flyleaf has been trimmed short at bottom edge. Very mild chipping to headpiece of dustwrapper and some very light soiling to rear panel. An innocuous 2" inch ink stamp stating " Autographed Copy " appears at the very upper right edge of the dustwrapper 's front panel. A bright crisp unmarred signed copy of this Mann title in a Very Good original and very scarce dustwrapper. A Jewel. Aflred A. Knopf. hardcover books
1844réf. 56150Boston 1844-45. 1. MANN Horace Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Education; Together with the Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth 1844. First edition. Octavo 25cm. Original brown paper wrappers with printed title on front untrimmed; 1991pp. Inscribed "J. F. Bumstead Esq. / with best regards from / Horace Mann" on front wrapper. With a few contemporary pencil annotations. A fresh copy edges gently rubbed one or two small stains to wraps: Very Good or better. This copy presented by Mann to J. F. Bumstead-plausibly Josiah Freeman Bumstead 1797-1868 who authored primary school primers readers and spellers published by Ticknor and other Boston firms in the 1840s. 2. MANN Horace. The Common School Journal vol. VI no. 5; March 1 1844. Containing the "Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education to the Board of Education." PRESENTATION COPY FROM SAMUEL MAY TO ADIN BALLOU. Octavo 26cm. Original paper wrappers printed on front; 64-200pp. Inscribed to "Rev. Adin Ballou / with the best regards of / Sam J. May - / Let all that have eyes read / or all that have ears hear this / admirable document -" With one or two minor marginal pencil marks. Ex libris and discard stamp of Swarthmore College to final leaf. Textblock sound though rubbed but front cover detached rear cover lacking; some staining to outer leaves minor foxing: Good. Presentation copy from Samuel Joseph May 1797-1871 to Adin Ballou 1803-1890 founder of the Hopedale Community. May was one of Mann's allies in establishing the Massachusetts state school system and both he and Ballou were members of the New England Non-Resistance Society a peace organization founded by William Lloyd Garrison. 3. Association of Masters of the Boston Public Schools. Remarks on the Seventh Annual Report of the Hon. Horace Mann Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1844. Octavo 23cm. In original brown paper wrappers printed in black on front; 144pp. Inscribed "B. A. Gould" to front upper cover--possibly pioneering Boston astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould 1824-1896. With occasional marginal pencil marks. A fresh copy with one or two tiny chips to spine: Very Good or better. 4. MANN Horace. Reply to the "Remarks" of Thirty-One Boston Schoolmasters on the Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Boston: Wm B. Fowle and Nahum Capen 1844. Octavo 23cm. In original dark beige paper wrappers printed in black on front; 176pp. A sound copy with losses at head and tail of spine joints partly split but holding internally clean: Very Good. 5. ASSOCIATION OF THE MASTERS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Barnum Field; Wm A. Shepard; S. S. Greene; Joseph Hale. Rejoinder to the "Reply" of the Hon. Horace Mann Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education to the "Remarks" of the Association of Boston Masters Upon His Seventh Annual Report. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1845. First edition. Octavo 22cm. Original beige wrappers printed in black on front; 55 1 56 40 64pp. Inscribed "The Misses Adams / 1 May 1922" on verso of title page. A sound fresh copy with split at front upper joint chip at tail minor dirt to wraps but internally clean: Very Good. Five pamphlets on Horace Mann's 1844 annual report to the Board of Education including two presentation copies of different editions of the report itself and three responses. Mann had toured Europe with his new wife Mary Peabody and friend Samuel Gridley Howe and studied schools in eight countries with special interest in the Prussian school system. His 1844 annual report comparing American and European school systems was received with great offense by Boston schoolteachers. "A group of thirty-one schoolmasters. . . published a sharply worded critique of his seventh Annual Report" targeting "Mann's recommendations for teacher training as well as his opposition to corporal punishment." However this group "soon faced Mann's wrath in the form of written rejoinders" and were ultimately vanquished when "Mann's allies were elected to the Boston School Committee." Despite the controversy Mann's efforts to "merge the best that he found in European educational systems with the principles of the growing American common school movement" saw remarkable success. Under his direction the Board of Education spent over $2 million on improved school buildings increased teacher salaries by over 50% opened fifty new high schools commissioned uniform school textbooks from Boston publishers and alotted time for student exercise-shaping the public school system as we know it ANB. All the titles in this collection are uncommon in the book trade. unknown books
1836réf. 62501Cincinnati OH and Louisville KY: J. A. James and Co. and the author 1836. Second and best edition revised and enlarged by the author. 8vo. lxxii 551 pp. Howes B-1059: "Disputes many of Marshall's finding; contains the journal of Col. George Croghan one of the earliest accounts in English of the Ohio country." Sabin 9654: "Some copies have a Louisville imprint as here." American Imprints 36479 Virginia Miami. Coleman 3229: "The 1836 edition issued without the portrait more desirable than the first contains an appendix with materials on the Treaty at Fort Stanwix and on Col. Richard Henderson." Much scarcer than the first edition OCLC locates 11 copies of this edition and it appears to be wanting in most major southern institutional collections. At the Brinley sale 1881 the first edition brought two dollars the second nine. Very good. Later three-quarter red morocco gilt rebacked with the original spine laid down gilt ornaments and title between raised bands on spine marbled boards and endpapers top edge gilt by R.W. Smith. 9246. J. A. James and Co. and the author unknown books
1917réf. 7474New York: Arthur H. Moss 1917. Limited Edition. Loose Leaves in Portfolio. Very Good. Harold True cover illustration. Folio. 17 leaves printed recto. Black & white gravure reproductions of fifteen sketches and photographs on heavy cream paper plus historical foreword and map in stiff textured gray paper portfolio with titles and illustration printed in black on the cover six flaps. Black on yellow label for The Quill a Magazine of Greenwich Village affixed to back cover and introduction leaf. Cover with light stains and small edge chips a few leaves with creased corners else crisp and bright complete set intact. This undated "folio de luxe" of romantic street scenes was announced as a limited edition in The Quill Vol. 1 No. 6 of November 1917. Several of these images had appeared in the pages of that magazine of Village artistic and bohemian life. In his historical résumé Dr. I. L. Nascher credits John George Brown the painter of "ragged urchins" and Albert Bierstadt with establishing the first artist's studios there. Quite scarce: OCLC locates only two institutional copies Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Now preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid free backing. Arthur H. Moss unknown books
1816réf. 22029Dedham: H Mann & Co. 1816. First Edition. Original publisher's boards. Fine bright copy with no foxing or spotting; a superb copy. 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 805-806; Rutkow GS4. H Mann & Co. hardcover books
1816réf. 5778fdDedham: Printed by H. Mann and Co. 1816. First Edition. Octavo bound in modern cloth-backed marbled boards hardcover uncut 317 i pp. Howes M258. “The primary record of medicine during the War of 1812.” – Garrison & Morton 5th 2161.1. The book bears the ownership signatures of John Whitridge 1793-1878 a practicing medical doctor in Baltimore and a later 19th century medical doctor John W. Partridge. Very Good; the book shows old damp-staining and some toning; the final leaf pp. 317-18 has been professionally repaired. Printed by H. Mann and Co., 1816. First Edition. hardcover books
réf. 147162N.p.: N.p. 1977. Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to actor Martin Landau with his signature on the title page and manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Included is an 18-page revised shooting schedule signed by Landau and additional material related to production. The USSR and NASA must join forces and double their nuclear firepower to destroy a massive meteor headed straight for Earth before it effectively wipes out humankind. Set in Washington DC and California. Black non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present dated October 19 1977 with credits for screenwriter Stanley Mann. 121 leaves with last page of text numbered 114. Xerographic duplication rectos only with pink blue and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 9-16-77 and 10/19/77. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. N.p. unknown books
1930réf. 470136Stockholm: Imprimerie Royale. P. A. Norstedt & Soner 1930. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated reproducing photographic portraits of Thomas Mann and the other Nobel Laureates. White printed wrappers. Text in Swedish French and English. A fine partially unopened copy in original very good or better unprinted glassine dust jacket with light wear and tanning on spine. Includes the address by Fredrik Book awarding Thomas Mann the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature "1929 Ars Nobelpris I Litteratur" and Thomas Mann's acceptance speech. Also prints a brief biographical essay about Mann. The other Nobel Laureates for that year were Prince Louis-Victor de Broglie Arthur Harden Hans von Euler-Chelpin Frederick Gowland Hopkins and Christiaan Eijkman also printing remarks by each of the scientists during "Les conferences Nobel." Mann was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature principally for his novel Buddenbrooks which is now recognized as one of the classic works of 20th century literature. Very scarce. OCLC appears to locate a single copy in Sweden. Imprimerie Royale. P. A. Norstedt & Soner unknown books
1942réf. 15626Los Angeles: Plantin Press 1942. Original edition of the first book published by the Pazifische Presse. The Pazifische Presse was the sole representative on the west coast of the United States of those publishers who left Germany and Austria following the rise to power of National Socialists in 1933. Many European refugees came to America and though most settled in New York a large number did go to Los Angeles which became an important center of German-speaking immigration. Artists authors and intellectuals such as Thomas Mann Theodore W. Adorno Bertolt Brecht Fritz Lang and Arnold Schoenberg were but a few who represented the community of Germans exiled from their native land and who produced major works to address the world crisis. The Pazifische Presse was founded by Ernst Gottlieb and Felix Guggenheim both of whom had emigrated to the west coast in around 1939. The publisher “afforded its participants an arena for presenting the best of Weimar culture not only for the emigree community but for their American friends and colleagues” Jaeger p. 9. They announced the initial publication of seven volumes by distinguished authors who themselves had immigrated to the United States. These included Thomas Mann the Nobel Laureate for literature in 1929 Franz Werfel Bruno Frank Leonhard Frank Alfred Neumann Fredrich Toberg Alfred Döblin and Lion Feuchtwanger. Many of these renowned writers continued to publish during their exile; some even went on to screen writing positions in Hollywood. Most of the authors were selected based upon a personal relationship between them and the publishers. Gottlieb and Guggenheim worked with Saul and Lillian Marks of the renowned Plantin Press of Los Angeles to print their material. Founded in 1931 and named after Christopher Plantin the famous sixteenth century printer from Antwerps the Marks built a strong reputation as printers of artistic and beautiful works. Each of the first seven volumes of a total of eleven books ultimately released were printed at the Plantin Press in a run of 250 copies; the first 150 copies were the “Subscriber editions” signed by the author and bound in half-leather. The remaining 100 copies were a more simply bound unsigned trade edition. “The novella Thamar is a partial pre-printing of the fifth section of Joseph der Ernährer Joseph the Provider; consequently the volume is the German first printing of this part of the text. The first edition of the complete text of Joseph der Ernährer Joseph und seine Brüder. Der vierte Roman was later published in December 1943 at the Bermann-Fischer Verlag Stockholm Potempa D8.1 . . . As part of Joseph’s legend this excerpt depicts the story of the young woman Thamar and her education by Jacob” Jaeger p. 25. Thomas Mann 1875-1955 was probably Germany’s most influential author of the twentieth century receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. He lived in Munich where he wrote some of his most successful novels like Buddenbrooks 1901 Death in Venice 1912 and The Magic Mountain 1924. After the Nazi takeover his family emigrated to Switzerland then to Princeton before settling in Southern California where he finished his great tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers in 1942. Thomas Thedoe Heine 1867-1948 was recognized as one of Germany’s most talented illustrators. Plantin Press unknown books
1816réf. 013667Dedham: H. Mann and Company 1816. Title continues; "Also an appendix comprising a dissertation on dysentery. and observations on thre winter epidemic 1815-16 denominated peripneumonia notha." Rebacked with original paper labels laid-down. Label chipped with three letters MED missing from title. Original blue paper-covered boards printed front and rear covers. Hinges rather crudely repaired long ago. Top of covers water-stained as well as top edge. Fore-edge untrimmed. Cover printing is readable but faded a bit. See photos. Many pages are browned at periphery some foxing and staining. Owner's embossed stamp at foot of front free endpaper of Ira M. Rutkow M.D. noted bibliographer of military history. The author was an Army surgeon during the American Revolution and also served during the War of 1812. According to Rutkow GS4 this is probably the best and most vivid picture of early 19th century American military life. Garrison and Morton 2161.1 calls it "the primary record of medicine during the War of 1812". 318pp. First Edition. Quarter Cloth Printed Boards. General Cover Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Tall Octavo. H. Mann and Company Hardcover books
1898réf. 178388Berlin: Fischer 1898. First. hardcover. very good. Small 8vo 3/4 suede over mottled bronze paper boards. Berlin: S. Fischer 1898. First Edition. A collection of six short stories. His first published book written when Mann was twenty three years old. The binding is unlettered and worn with dust soiling to suede; internally fine aside for light foxing on last several pages and one or two spots on preliminary pages. A very good copy. Ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. Fischer unknown books
1941réf. 021753New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1941. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the Nobel Prize-winning author on the front endpaper: "Mrs. Marcus Cashland/in remembrance of our visits/in her hospitable house where/we spent so happy hours/Pacif. Palisades Jan. 23 - 1942/Thomas Mann." A fine inscription. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1921réf. 022063Munich: Phantasus 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's 1922 inscription on the front pastedown; spine of book and slipcase professionally repaired. Theodor Thomas Heine. Striking pictorial green boards 8" x 10-1/2" in red paper slipcase; text in German. One of 530 numbered copies this copy not numbered SIGNED by both author and artist in pencil on the colophon page. First edition of one of Thomas Mann's most controversial works with 12 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS and 20 text illustrations and initials by Theodor Thomas Heine. The text which satirizes Richard Wagner's DIE WALKÜRE was originally intended to be published in 1906 but was withdrawn by Thomas Mann before publication. Phantasus hardcover books
1939réf. 140941406New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1939. First One-Volume Edition. Very Good. First one-volume edition. Signed by Thomas Mann on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original green cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with some nibbling at the top of the spine spine toned. Front inner hinge started and tender foxing to endsheets and textblock edge. A monumental novel and a towering literary achievement of the 20th century. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1934réf. 543240New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Bookplate on front pastedown else about fine lacking the dust jacket. Signed by the author on a cancel leaf presumably as issued by the publisher. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
