Mann, HoraceABAA
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1853rif. 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
1848rif. 53652Boston: William B. Fowle 1848. 8vo pp. 31 1; fine copy in original printed green wrappers. First published in Washington the same year but with only 20 pages here "revised and improved in better style and in larger type than any previous edition." This edition is also Mann's final text. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories and in a letter in December of that year he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel. William B. Fowle unknown books
1842rif. 53915Boston: William B. Fowle and Nahum Capen . and by Tappan & Dennet 1842. 8vo pp. 24; text in double column; contemporary green paper wrappers; slight stain on first page of text else very good. William B. Fowle and Nahum Capen ... and by Tappan & Dennet unknown books
1848rif. 53917Washington: printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1848. First edition 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories and in a letter in December of that year he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel. printed by J. & G. S. Gideon unknown books
1997rif. 141025Kula Hawaii: Poho Press Ltd. / TC Ink 1997. First edition. Softcover. Includes contributions by Tom Conger Rand Gconger Lance Mann Michael Stoner Ray Sweeney and Michele Corboy. An about very good copy in wrappers with a small inocuous moisture stain to the front cover. Othewise a clean copy. Signed and warmly inscribed by Tom Conger. Uncommon. Poho Press, Ltd. / TC Ink unknown books
1988rif. 184064New York: Bantam 1988. Softcover. Fine. Rep. Fine in wrappers. Bantam unknown books
2000rif. 143967New York: Janos Gat Gallery 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February through May at the Las Vegas Art Museum. Essays by Ronald Kuchta and James Mann. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very near fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Janos Gat Gallery unknown books
1987rif. 136751New York: Richard Green Gallery 1987. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 21 through November 14 1987. Includes 11 color illustrations. A very good copy in stapled wrappers but from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamp to the rear panel. Otherwise a clean copy. Richard Green Gallery unknown books
1930rif. 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
1959rif. 46895New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1959. First edition 8vo pp. 6 211 7; frontis portrait; black cloth with gilt title on spine in red pictorial dust jacket; top edge in red; near fine in a near fine dust jacket ink checkmarks at bibliography in back bookplate on front paste down light rubbing and fading to dust jacket edge. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2009rif. 130310New York: Aperture 2009. First edition. Hardcovers. Three volumes. Curtis Mann with an essay by Rod Slemmons John Opera with an essay by Karen Irvine and Stacia Yeapnis with an essay by Natasha Egan. Each book with numerous illustrations. All books in fine condition and in a fine cardstock slipcase. No dust jackets as issued. Aperture unknown books
1984rif. 76646Athens 1984. Paperback. Very Good. iv 318p. Bound photocopy. Wrapper in black binder with thin flexible covers. 28cm. Printed on one side. INSCRIBED on Acknowledgments page by Kang to "Dr. Oliver" Robert T. Oliver a former adviser to Dr. Syngman Rhee. paperback books
1982rif. 22720London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1982. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 189; charts; fine in original cloth clipped dust-jacket. Routledge & Kegan Paul unknown books
1996rif. 31245Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press 1996. First edition review copy with publisher's slip laid in large 8vo pp. xiii 1 417; text in double column; generally a fine copy in original decorative purple cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. Indiana University Press unknown books
1955rif. 17021New York: Knopf 1955. First American edition 8vo pp. 6 383 7; very good copy in jacket. Includes a bibliography of Mann's work to date. Knopf unknown books
1940rif. 30352New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. First American edition 12mo pp. 1 453 8; original black cloth spine gilt top-edges stained red dust-jacket; a good copy leaning a bit previous owner's name in ink on front free-endpaper dust-jacket discolored and rubbed small chips at spine edges. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1962rif. 37656New York: Limited Edition Club 1962. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist. 2 vols. 4to. Cloth and boards Fine in glassine and slipcase. Illustrated with Wood engravings by Felix Hoffmann. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist. 2 vols. 4to. Limited Edition Club unknown books
1937rif. 218960New York 1937. Bust portrait of the author with building in background. Vintage gelatin silver print. Verso docketed with holograph notations in pencil giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XXIV K". 1 vols. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Matted and framed. Bust portrait of the author with building in background. Vintage gelatin silver print. Verso docketed with holograph notations in pencil giving the name of the sitter date of the photograph and Van Vechten's reference to negative and print "XXIV K". 1 vols. 13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches. Published in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten 1978 edited by Saul Mauriber. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten 1978 unknown books
1931rif. 76443Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small owner label on the front fly else fine in a modestly spine-tanned else very near fine dustwrapper. The first American appearance of the author's first novel published three decades earlier in Germany based on his long experience living in Italy. Mann was the elder brother of Thomas Mann. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
rif. 89249London: Secker and Warburg n.d. Octavo 21cm; green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine; 472pp; frontispiece portrait. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Upper spine slightly convexed with light shelf-wear and -soil and off-setting to endpapers; Very Good. Collection of essays includes "Goethe's Career as a Man of Letters" "Lessing" "Sufferings and Greatness of Richard Wagner" and "Voyage with Don Quixote". 89249. Secker and Warburg unknown books
1954rif. 9033121New York: Knopf 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Translated by Trask. Book is in fine condition. Gorgeous dust jacket has minor sunning to spine slight spine wear. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Knopf hardcover books
1948rif. 50361New York: The Dial Press 1948. A Permanent Library book presenting a compilation of Goethe's greatest poems dramas essays ballads short stories maxims and . New York.: The Dial Press. 1948. A Permanent Library book presenting a compilation of Goethe's greatest poems dramas essays ballads short stories maxims and reflections selected and edited by Thomas Mann. And with an introduction by Thomas Mann in very good condition with dust jacket. 21 cm. 655 pp. . The Dial Press unknown books
1972rif. 49706Avon: The Heritage Club 1972. Quarter bound w/ marbled boards w/ gilt lettering on spine in slipcase. About fine pages unopened. Novel by Mann with semiautob . Avon: The Heritage Club 1972. Quarter bound w/ marbled boards w/ gilt lettering on spine in slipcase. About fine pages unopened. Novel by Mann with semiautobiographical elements. 26.5 cm. 107 pp. C. frontispiece b/w line illustrations in text . The Heritage Club hardcover books
1843rif. 56149Boston: Dutton and Wentworth 1843. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 25cm. In original tan paper wrappers printed on front; 160pp. Largely sound though front wrapper partially detached some losses to paper over spine minor staining to wraps scattered foxing: Very Good. Mann was Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education from 1837-1848. Though his only power as secretary was "to collect and disseminate information" he nontheless worked hard to improve the lacklustre public school system. "As a mean of informing the public . . . his twelve annual reports 1837-1848. . . were unsurpassed. Chock full of statistical data the reports-which were widely read and circulated-presented the problems of the common schools as well as possible solutions" ANB. Approximately 7 copies recorded in OCLC; not common in the trade. Not in AMERICAN IMPRINTS. Dutton and Wentworth unknown books
1938rif. 84659New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book 1938. First American Edition. Two volumes. Octavo 19.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and blind embossed with ruling to covers; yellow topstain; fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; illustrated endpapers; glassine wrappers; 369pp.; 664pp; colorful map illustration. Volume one in complete glassine dustjacket has previous owner's name and note inked to front free endpaper occasional pencilled marginal marks fading to topstain and rubbing to titling and board edges; Good. Volume two in glassine dustjacket tiny chip to rear flap has a clean interior and bright topstain with shelf-soil to covers; Very Good. In publisher's pictorial slipcase with cracks to upper edges tanning and rubbing to board edges; Good. Mann's third part of his four-part Joseph and His Brothers series. Originally published as Joseph und Sein Brüder and later Joseph in Ägypten this is the first translation from German. 84659. Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book unknown books
