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194015000New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Endpapers somewhat foxed else very good to near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear at top of spine panel and with some of the inevitable fading to the spine. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
194026594New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1940. First American Edition. One of 395 copies printed on Rives Liampre all-rag paper numbered copies signed by the author. Top edges gilt ribbon marker. Fine copy in original dust jacket a few closed tears to jacket and publisher's box. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193812465London: Secker & Warburg 1938. First English Edition. Page edges lightly foxed. Near fine in a very slightly soiled dust jacket. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg unknown books
1951Embry 178267Alfred A. Knopf 1951. First U.S. edition. Fine in very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket with some light rubbing to folds. Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First U.S. edition. unknown books
195105086New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1951. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket just perceptibly sunned at spine. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1945106018New York.: Knopf. 1945. 1st US edition. Hardcover green cloth gilt cover decorations gilt spine with green title. Very good edges toned in a near very good dust jacket with sone chipping and short tears to upper edge. . 8vo. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Knopf. hardcover books
193812945New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1938. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket very slightly faded at spine. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
193871NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. B00085D1DA . Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. First edition. Original post card from the publisher laid in. Gilt lettering on spine partially rubbed off else very good in very good age darkened dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
194005524Claremont: Privately Printed for the Colleges at Claremont 1940. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine copy lacking the scarce plain paper dust jacket. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for the Colleges at Claremont hardcover books
199814373Berkeley: University of California Press 1998. 1st thus. Blue cloth binding with gold spine lettering. Black dust jacket. F/F. 444 pp including index. A few illustrations. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> University of California Press hardcover books
199408977New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1994. Wrappers. Fine. Octavo. A New Translation Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism. "Instructor's Desk Copy" stamped in gilt rear wrapper. First Edition Thus. Fine copy in original color illustrated wrappers. viii 237 pp. Ads. Printed return postcard with W. W. Norton address laid-in. <br/><br/> W. W. Norton & Company unknown books
1957706154Boston: Beacon Press. 1957. Very Good in Very Good edge-worn DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Beacon Press hardcover books
196530027Bonn: Inter Nationes 1965. First edition. 61 pp. Near fine in wrappers and near fine dust jacket with one short tear. Illustrated. Useful international bibliography. Bonn: Inter Nationes, unknown books
1982304409London Constable 1982 1981. 1982. First English edition so stated. 8vo. Frontispiece b/w portrait halftone photograph. Afterword by Clara Winston. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 325 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Constable [1982, 1981]. hardcover books
1933WRCLIT50518London: Martin Secker 1933. Gilt cloth. Portrait. First edition. Cloth somewhat spotted but a good reading copy without dust jacket. Martin Secker hardcover books
1975WRCLIT46224Princeton: Princeton University Library 1975. Printed wrappers. Portrait and illustrations. First edition of this catalogue accompanying the exhibition celebrating Mann's centenary. Essays by Corngold Victor Lange and Theodore Ziolkowski. Spine bruised with consequent short split to spine and lower wrapper but a good copy. Princeton University Library unknown books
1969WRCLIT39962Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1969. Cloth. First edition. Review copy with slip. Ink name and date a few light pencil notes in the text but near fine in spine-faded dust jacket with light rubbing to the edges and a few small nicks. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1975WRCLIT56322Bonn & Bad Godesberg: Inter Nationes 1975. 95pp. Printed wrappers. Portrait facsimiles photographs. Near fine copy. First edition. Contains two essays and a bibliography of Mann's work published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth by Heinz Moos Verlag on behalf of the organisation. Inter Nationes unknown books
1947WRCLIT79183New York: New Directions 1947. 510pp. Cloth. Thick octavo. Frontispiece portrait. First edition. Foxing to all edges and prelims but a good reading copy in sunned and frayed dust jacket. An anthology of criticism. Essays by Auden Borgese Jackson Burke Aiken Levin Gide et al. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p.20. New Directions hardcover books
1938WRCLIT30390New York: Knopf 1938. Printed wrappers. Frontis photographs. Advance reading copy bound in the dust jacket of the published book. Top edge dusty spine slightly faded else very good. Knopf unknown books
1981WRCLIT48487New York: Knopf 1981. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. First edition. Afterword by Clara Winston. Top edge dust marked but very good in dust jacket with two short edge tears. Knopf hardcover books
1965UMANTHO00TMPrentice-Hall 1965. Very Good. Mann Thomas. Thomas Mann: A Collection of Critical Essays. Hatfield editor Henry. Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1965. 172pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good remaindered copy. Light bumping and rubbing and a slightly rolled spine. Printing press rubber stamp and former owner's name on front free endsheet. Prentice-Hall hardcover books
199018112301New 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. <br/><br/>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."<br/><br/>___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.<br/><br/>___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.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___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
194732320New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1947. First American Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; original black cloth gilt-stamped spine; 2vii5472pp.; photographic frontispiece. Cloth a bit rubbed along extremities faint soil spot to upper cover spine gilt quite dulled. About Very Good albeit lacking jacket. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with the former's ownership inscription dated May 1947 to front free endpaper and their estate label tipped to front pastedown. Shahn would design the cover of the Vintage edition of Mann's Buddenbrooks in 1952. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193623975New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1936. First English Language Edition. Thick octavo 21.75cm.; original linen in salmon price-clipped dust jacket printed in blue and gilt blue topstain; 2ix3567pp. Some shelf-wear to jacket extremities with shallow loss to spine foot affecting imprint text else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
