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19662297541The Modern Library 1966. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First thus. Jacket edges lightly rubbed jacket lightly toned. 1966 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi 510 10 pp. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. "A modern reworking of the Faust legend in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist the composer Adrian Leverkuhn is the flower of German culture a brilliant isolated overreaching figure his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment he bargains away his soul The Modern Library hardcover books
19622283727The Heritage Press 1962. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Includes publisher's slipcase lacks Sandglass insert. Book in excellent condition two tiny faint surface tears on rear slipcase panel otherwise very good. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xviii 366 pp. 8vo. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter with an introductory essay by the author and wood engravings by Felix Hoffmann. "The Magic Mountain Der Zauberberg is a novel by Thomas Mann first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature. Mann started writing what was to become The Magic Mountain in 1912. It began as a much shorter narrative which revisited in a comic manner aspects of Death in Venice a novella that he was then preparing for publication. The newer work reflected his experiences and impressions during a period when his wife who was suffering from a lung complaint was confined to Dr Friedrich Jessen's 'Waldsanatorium' in Davos Switzerland for several months. In May and June of 1912 he paid her a visit and got to know the team of doctors who were treating her in this cosmopolitan institution. According to Mann in the afterword that was later included in the English translation this stay became the foundation of the opening chapter Arrival of the completed novel. The outbreak of the First World War interrupted work on the book. The conflict and its aftermath led the author to undertake a major re-examination of European bourgeois society including the sources of the willful perverse destructiveness displayed by much of civilized humanity. He was also drawn to speculate about more general questions surrounding personal attitudes to life health illness sexuality and mortality. Given this Mann felt compelled to radically revise and expand the pre-war text before completing it in 1924. Der Zauberberg was eventually published in two volumes by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin. His vast composition is erudite subtle ambitious but most of all ambiguous; since its original publication it has been subject to a variety of critical assessments. For example the book blends a scrupulous realism along with deeper symbolic undertones. Given this complexity each reader is obliged to weigh up the artistic significance of the pattern of events set out within the narrative; a task made more difficult by the author's Olympian irony. Mann himself was well aware of his book's elusiveness but offered few clues about approaches to the text. He later compared it to a symphonic work orchestrated with a number of themes and in a playful commentary on the problems of interpretation recommended that those who wished to understand it should read it through twice. The Heritage Press hardcover books
19792306837Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Ciardiello Joseph. Minor indents to spine bands and portion of spine as if something heavy rested on it for an extended period of time. Otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xix 728 pp. 8vo. Full navy blue leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter illustrations by Joseph Ciardiello. "The Magic Mountain Der Zauberberg is a novel by Thomas Mann first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature. Mann started writing what was to become The Magic Mountain in 1912. It began as a much shorter narrative which revisited in a comic manner aspects of Death in Venice a novella that he was then preparing for publication. The newer work reflected his experiences and impressions during a period when his wife who was suffering from a lung complaint was confined to Dr Friedrich Jessen's 'Waldsanatorium' in Davos Switzerland for several months. In May and June of 1912 he paid her a visit and got to know the team of doctors who were treating her in this cosmopolitan institution. According to Mann in the afterword that was later included in the English translation this stay became the foundation of the opening chapter Arrival of the completed novel. The outbreak of the First World War interrupted work on the book. The conflict and its aftermath led the author to undertake a major re-examination of European bourgeois society including the sources of the willful perverse destructiveness displayed by much of civilized humanity. He was also drawn to speculate about more general questions surrounding personal attitudes to life health illness sexuality and mortality. Given this Mann felt compelled to radically revise and expand the pre-war text before completing it in 1924. Der Zauberberg was eventually published in two volumes by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin. His vast composition is erudite subtle ambitious but most of all ambiguous; since its original publication it has been subject to a variety of critical assessments. For example the book blends a scrupulous realism along with deeper symbolic undertones. Given this complexity each reader is obliged to weigh up the artistic significance of the pattern of events set out within the narrative; a task made more difficult by the author's Olympian irony. Mann himself was well aware of his book's elusiveness but offered few clues about approaches to the text. He later compared it to a symphonic work orchestrated with a number of themes and in a playful commentary on the problems of interpretation recommended that those who wished to understand it should read it through twice. The Franklin Library hardcover books
19892309951New York: Vintage International 1989. Trade Paperback. Good. Front wrapper creased along spine ink marks on bottom page ridge minor pencil underlining. 1989 Trade Paperback. 402 pp. "Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself" highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella. Vintage International paperback books
194564249New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Complete in 63 pages green cloth boards with gilt printing gilt on spine is slightly fading. A clean nice copy Very Good in a slighlty chipped price-clipped dust jacket. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
195169610New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1951. Hardcover. Mann Thomas; Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. THE HOLY SINNER. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1951. First Edition. 336 pages plus ads 7 ¾" x 5 ¼" black cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. The spine ends are just slightly bumped; otherwise this is a clean nice copy. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1972134371London: Pluto Press 1972. Pamphlet. 32p. wraps paper slightly toned else very good condition 5.25x8.25 inches. Reprints in Labour History #2. Pluto Press unknown books
192746124London: National Minority Movement 1927. Staple bound pamphlet 8.5 x 5.5 inches pp. 30; red pictorial wrappers; bookshop stamp on title page light wear to edges. A report on an International Workers' delegation to China. Mann was the organization's first president and was deported from a number of European countries for his attempts to organize trade unions. <br/><br/> National Minority Movement unknown books
191454219Bielefeld: Velhagen & Klasing 1914. Paperback. Fair. illustrations 4 color photos color folding map index 159p. 26cm. Original wrapper. 26cm. Cover worn. Contents sound. German text. Monographien zur Weltgeschichte No. 32. <br/><br/> Velhagen & Klasing paperback books
1985002825Stuttgart: Kreuz Verlag 1985. 2e Auflage. 238p. 4 colored plates original stiff wrappers Buchreihe Symbole. Kreuz Verlag unknown books
1989168852Berkeley: University of California Press 1989. Softcover. VG- light wear and scuffing to wraps a bit of foxing on ffep. Glossy purple and color-illustrated wraps with red yellow and white lettering. xx 354 pp. BW and color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Jewish Museum New York held in New York Sept. 13 1989 to Jan. 1990. "Jews arrived in the Republic of Rome some time in the second or first century B.C.E. They soon formed their own community which absorbed Roman cultural forms but was able to maintain its identity and integrity. For more than twenty centuries the Italian peninsula has been home to the heirs of this ancient minority community whose culture is a blend of traditional Jewish content with Roman then Italian cultural forms. Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy is the title of an exhibition curated by Vivian B. Mann and Emily Braun for The Jewish Museum New York September 1989-January 1990 an exhibition that explores the extraordinarily rich artistic legacy of Italian Jewry. This book like the exhibition itself focuses on four time periods: the Empire the Era of the City States 1300-1550 the Era of the Ghettos 1550-1750 and the period since the Risorgimento. Artifacts and architecture are generously represented along with fine arts. Essays by prominent scholars introduce us to the historical and cultural context of a splendid array of works from ancient Roman architectural fragments and gold glass to illuminated manuscripts and printed books from the Renaissance baroque ceremonial textiles and silver and paintings graphics and sculpture of the modern era. The many illustrations illuminate the art and life of a minority community in dynamic tension with dominant society and show the vibrant ongoing contribution by Jews to the arts of Italy."--from . University of California Press unknown books
2000272786New York: Merrell 2000. hardcover. fine/fine. Extensively illustrated. 192pp. 4to black cloth d.w. New York: Merrell in Association with The Jewish Museum 2000. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Chapters by various authors. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name.<br/><br/> Merrell unknown books
1989046629Berkeley Etc.: University of California Press 1989. xx 354p. colored and b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers quarto format. University of California Press unknown books
1989012473Berkeley: University of California Press 1989. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto 4to. xxii 354 pages of text including a bibliography. Paperback binding with minor shelfwear including a minor vertical crease to the spine. Contains 192 illustrations of objects many of which are in full color. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front endpaper. University of California Press Paperback books
2010Embry 155380Museum of Biblical Art 2010. First edition first printing. Light erasure to title page else fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Full page color reproductions. Museum of Biblical Art, 2010. First edition, first printing. unknown books
193642064Santiago de Chile: Prensas de la editorial Ercilla 1936. First edition. Paper wrappers. About very good chipped at spine; Vol. I: detached front wrapper frontis tender; Vol. II: wrapper separated at spine; contents clean. 314 7 pp.; 359 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and photos. 8vo. Prensas de la editorial Ercilla unknown books
1977030863New York: Oxford University Press 1977. ix 656p. music original black cloth lightly foxed on the edges. Oxford University Press unknown books
20152312214New York: Harper 2015. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First printing. Minor general wear. 2015 Trade Paperback. xi 478 pp. The Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy untold Hollywood story: an addictive true tale of ambition scandal intrigue murder and the creation of the modern film industry. By 1920 the movies had suddenly become America's new favorite pastime and one of the nation's largest industries. Never before had a medium possessed such power to influence. Yet Hollywood's glittering ascendency was threatened by a string of headline-grabbing tragedies Harper paperback books
2005254231New York: Kensington Publishing 2005. Hardcover. 339p. very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Gay romance. Kensington Publishing hardcover books
200517872005. MANN William J. EDGE OF MIDNIGHT: THE LIFE OF JOHN SCHLESINGER. NY: Billboard Books 2005. Small quarto black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition first printing. Schlesigner is best-known for directing such well-known movies as "Midnight Cowboy" "Marathon Man" and "Day Of The Locusts." Signed presentation from Mann on the title page: "To Diane with warm regards William Mann." Signed copies are uncommon! Near fine; tiny tear d/j. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
2007247227New York: Kensington Publishing 2007. Hardcover. 314p. very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Gay romance. Kensington Publishing hardcover books
2009254126New York: Kensington Books 2009. Hardcover. 426p. very good first edition first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Kensington Books hardcover books
199746598New York: Dutton 1997. Hardcover. 342p. very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Mann's first novel. Three generations of gay men in Provincetown and Boston. Dutton hardcover books
1997248777New York: Dutton 1997. Hardcover. 342p. personal inscription signed by the author as "Bill Mann" very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Mann's first novel. Three generations of gay men in Provincetown and Boston. Dutton hardcover books
2003236391New York: Kensington Pub 2003. Paperback. 362p. very light foxing at edges otherwise a very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Kensington Pub paperback books
