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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." <br/><br/> unknown books
19261423Berlin: S. Fischer 1926. First Edition. Near Fine. Nice clean copy of a charmingly designed little book in original decorative slipcase. <br/><br/> S. Fischer unknown books
1938WRCLIT22861Zurich: Verlag Oprecht 1938. Large octavo. Plain wrappers. Fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition of this speech issued as a separate from MASS UND WERT. Verlag Oprecht unknown books
1935294237New York: Knopf 1935. First. hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo black cloth d.w. New York: Knopf 1935. First American Edition.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is very slightly worn at the extremes of the spine and corners but is not price-clipped.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
193527318New 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
19651335281New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1965. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with blue and yellow print; DJ has tears at spine ends and flap corners taped tear to rear bottom edge edgewear wear to hinges shelfwear price-clipped; Boards in black cloth with gold print mild wear to spine caps and corners mildly cocked spine light shelfwear; Text block has yellow tinted top edge clipped illustration taped to front flyleaf slight tanning to endpapers else clean and tight; xv 338 pages. 1335281. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
196238180New York: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. -; Fine. No dust jacket. In fine slipcases; bookplate. Limited Editions Club 1962. . Limited Editions Club hardcover books
183856267Smithfield 1838. Folio manuscript 36 ruled pages in blue ink in a neat hand original marbled wrappers with the label "Estimate 1838" on the upper cover; slight browning and edge wear; front wrapper neatly reattached; all else very good. Tax estimate for Smithfield residents with four columns following each name showing the numbers of acres owned the amount owed per acre real and personal property. The last page shows an estimated income to the town of $1863076. The names are arranged alphabetically but not in perfect alpha order. Occasional detail on familial relationships are given such as "Arnold Abigail daughter of Ezekiel" and Aldrich George son of Simon deceased" and sometime a geographical detail: Aldrich Duty B. of Cumberland." Businesses are also listed: "Angell Nathan Paper Mill and Allen William of Pawtucket Mass. for 1/4 of Thread Mill at Central Falls" Pawtucket did not become part of Rhode Island until 1862. The last page lists Mark Aldrich Stephen Steere James Dennis Spencer Mowry George Aldrich 3rd and Asa Winsor as the tax accessors for the town. <br/><br/> unknown books
1993262120New York: Book-of-the-Month Club 1993. Hardcover. 402p. frontis-portrait very good Book Club edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped bright dj. Triangle Classics series: illuminating the Gay & Lesbian experience. Book-of-the-Month Club hardcover books
195536244New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG some offset to eps lower edges from old-style Brodart/VG spine panel lightl sunned. 6 384 10 pp. Mann bibliography at rear. 8vo. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19449997New York: Knopf 1944. 1st US edition. Black cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket. NF square & tight/VG sp lightly sunned/faint soil to rear panel. 608 8 pp. Adverts at rear. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
19515954New York: Knopf 1951. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF contemporary owner sig/VG sp sltly darkened/some edgewear. 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1946009521London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. 1946. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. x 567 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with several small chips tears and creases with minor sunning and soiling to spine; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. An early reprint edition. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. Hardcover books
1938158984New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. Hardcover. VG Books are in terrific shape; slipcase has aged and has small tear along top open end as well as a name written on it in pencil; otherwise pristine. 2 vols. Black stamped cloth tissue guards as dust jackets; 664 pp. plus ads; one colored map at end of vol. 1; held in original cardboard slipcase with wrap-around paper title panel. The complete two-volume set of historical fiction chronicling the life of Joseph son of Jacob and written by one of Germany's finest authors. Published in German in 1936 and translated here for the first time into English by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Section headings are: vol. 1. The journey downwards ; The entrance into Sheol ; The arrival ; The highest ; The man of the blessing -- vol. 2. The smitten one ; The pit. A great copy of a classic work. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1959026228Lübeck: Verlag Max Schmidt-Römhild 1959. Herausgegeben von Herbert Wegener. 127p. b/w illus. slightly chipped dj Veröffentlichungen der Stadtbibliothek Lübeck. Neue Reihe 3. Verlag Max Schmidt-Römhild unknown books
192853762London: Martin Secker 1928. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.5cm; green cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on the cover and title; uncut pages; 271pp. sunning to the spine and board edges; faint dust soil to upper textblock; tiny bookseller's ticket inside rear cover The Seven Bookhunters NYC Very Good lacking the dustjacket. <br/><br/>Inspiration of the film Death in Venice original Italian title: Morte a Venezia a 1971 Italian-French drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. Martin Secker unknown books
194053764Alfred A. Knopf 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Advanced Reading copy. SAMPLE COPY is stamped on the upper textblock Octavo 18.75cm; tan wrappers; 453viipp; small "old English" stamp inside rear cover "Renzezvous Book Club"; toning/dampstain to the spine; Very Good. AHEARN p.439. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
163224hardcover. illus. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. soiled. Brattleboro: Stephen Greene 1962.<br/><br/> unknown books
1962003906Brattleboro VT: Stephen Greene Press 1962. xii 103p. b/w illus. original cloth. Stephen Greene Press unknown books
1957263312Boston: Beacon Press 1957. Hardcover. 322p. preface introduction appendixes notes index very good first edition in boards an unclipped lightly edgeworn dj. Beacon Press hardcover books
197825396Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1978. First edition thus. Full Leather. Fine. Full leatherbound edition. 317 page collection of stories by Mann with illustrations by Jane Sterett. Full gilt page edges and decorations to binding. Integral silk bookmark. A lovely fine copy. The Franklin Library unknown books
1938706153NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1938. First American Edition. Very Good/ no DJ. Ownership signature. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1937218960New 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
199540786Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press 1995. Paperback. Very good. 167pp. Very good in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> Westminster John Knox Press paperback books
193011575New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover. A different translation was issued in 1924 by Henry Holt. Bookplate. Page edges very slightly foxed. Else fine in a near fine dust jacket minor tear at top spine panel slightly faded. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books