1329 - 1378 FOREIGN LITERATURE
- Vol.1 bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown; approx. 15 lvs. waterstained in lower inner margin; a few leaves upper outer corner torn off, partially affecting text; vol.2 several leaves w. (water)stains. Vol.1 lower joint splitting; vol.2 spine-ends worn.
- Backstrip sl. cracking; frontwr. trifle stained. = First foreign edition.
Akhmatova, A. Chetki (Rosary). Berlin, S. Efron, n.d. (1921), 118p., orig. wr.
- Bookblock split; a few annots. in pen. Wr. sl. stained and soiled.
= First publ. St. Petersburg 1913.
AND 6 others, all Russian, i.a. by B. PILNYAK, L. ANDREEV, M. GORKI and I. SHMELEV.
- Fine set. = Grote Belletrie series.
AND 1 other on the same: J. RIVES CHILDS, Casanova. Dutch transl. J. van Helmond (Amst., 1989, plates, orig. wr. Open Domein 21).
- Sl. browned as usual.
Grabbe, C.-D. Comedy, Satire, Irony & Deeper Meaning. A play in 3 acts. Engl. transl. B. Wright. Ibid., idem, 1955, 1st English edition, 60,(2)p., ills. by S. WILLOUGHBY, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Buchanan, G. Green Seacoast. Ibid., idem, 1959, 1st ed., 124,(3)p., orig. gilt boards w. dustwr. Lang, H. and Tynan, K. The Quest for Corbett. Written for radio. Ibid., idem, 1960, 1st ed., 111,(1)p., ills. and bookdec. by F. THEMERSON, orig. wr., obl. 8vo. Blakeston, O. The Night's Moves. Ibid., idem, 1961, 1st ed., 125p., orig. boards w. (sl. worn) dustwr. - AND 6 others by O. Blakeston (2x), P. Fetherson, E. Héafod, J. Laughlin and C.H. Sisson, all but one publ. by the same.
- Frontisp. and etched title browned; plates sl. foxed as usual; upper hinge weak; lower hinge partly broken. Lower joint split(ting); spine-ends and mor. letterpiece chipped; spine sunned.
= Eckel p.77-78; Sadleir 686; Muir p.94-96: "(...) in 1849-1850 [appeared] another masterpiece of text and illustration in David Copperfield, perhaps most people's favourite in both spheres."; Harvey p.142-151. Most points indicating a first issue present: Our copy has the following points: on p.132 "screwed" instead of "screamed"; chapter XXVII on page 282 and not page 283 as listed on the contents page; on p.16, line 1 and p.225, line 22: ''recal'' instead of ''recall''; p.19, 12 lines from the bottom: ''cha pter ;ut''; on p.387, 6 lines from the bottom: ''coroboration'' instead of ''corroboration''; on p.472, 13 lines from the bottom there is no closing of the quotation marks; ''1850'' under the publishers' imprint on the engraved title-page, i.a. the date 1850 below the etched title. Rare in the original cloth binding.
- Trifle foxed; vague stamp on first free endpaper.
- Binding sl. foxed/ browned; dustwr. damaged. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.103.
Kisch, E.E. Geschichten aus sieben Ghettos. Ibid., A. de Lange, 1934, 1st ed., 216,(4)p., ills. and orig. dec. cl. by P.L. URBAN, large 8vo.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. yellowed/ foxed. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.266.
AND 2 other exil publications, both publ. by A. de Lange and w. bookdec. by P.L. URBAN.
- Owner's stamp on htitle and title; some foxing. Dustwr. trifle frayed and strengthened on verso.
= Sternfeld/ Tiedemann 332. Rare with the dustwrapper.
Roth, J. Die hundert Tage. Ibid., A. de Lange, 1936, 1st ed., 296,(1)p., orig. dec. cl. by P.L. URBAN.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; some foxing (incl. binding). Binding sl. soiled and read out of shape.
= Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.427.
Brod, M. Annerl. Ibid., idem, 1937, 1st ed., 337,(1)p., orig. plain limp boards w. dustwr. by P.L. URBAN.
- Some sl. foxing. Dustwr. sl. soiled; foot of spine bumped. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p. 81.
AND 2 others (1 not exil).
= Year 1, no.1-3; year 2, no.3; year 3, no.3, 6, 19, 28, 40, 42, 43; year 4, no.1 and 16; year 8, no.1 and 5. With contributions by i.a. J. Roth, M. ter Braak, A. Döblin and L. Marcuse.
- Backstrip no.1 sl. dam.; backstrip no.8 strengthened w. sellotape.
= The most important exil periodical. It was published for 2 years (24 issues). Issues in this lot w. contributions by i.a. M. ter Braak, B. Brecht, A. Döblin, A. den Doolaard, E. Hemingway, A. Huxley, F. Kafka, K. Mann, J. Roth and A. Zweig.
Neue Deutsche Blätter. Monatschrift für Literatur und Kritik. Year 1, no.2, 4 and 7. Ed. O.M. Graf, W. Herzfelde and A. Seghers. Prague etc., Faust, 1933-1934, 3 vols., 65-128; 201-264; 393-456p., orig. unif. wr.
= With duplicate copies of no.2 and 7.
AND 3 others.
- All vols. occas. sl. foxed.
= Nicely bound set, consisting of the following works: H. DE BALZAC, Le père Goriot (1885); IDEM, La cousine Bette (1888); C. DE BERNARD, Gerfaut (1889); J. CLARETIE, Monsieur le Ministre (n.d., new ed.); A. DAUDET, Sapho (1888); O. FEUILLET, Monsieur de Camors (1885); G. FLAUBERT, Madame Bovary (1885); E. and J. DE GONCOURT, Germinie Lacerteux (1886); A. DE LAMARTINE, Raphaël (n.d., printed in 1100 numb. copies); G. SAND, Mauprat (1886); IDEM, La Mare au Diable (1889, printed in 1000 numb. copies) and A. DE VIGNY, Cinq-Mars (1889, 2 vols., printed in 1000 numb. copies).
= Contains works by i.a. A. DAUDET (1887); MME. DE LAFAYETTE (1922); A. DE MUSSET (1879-1882, 9 vols.); MOLIÈRE (1862); VICTOR HUGO (1878) and VOLTAIRE (1862-1867, 3 vols.).
- Without no. 4. Some sl. foxing in blank margins. Wrappers (dust)soiled and sl. waterstained.
= Three of only 4 issues that were published of this rare left wing literary avant-garde periodical founded and edited by the 18-year old Dutch poet Sonja Prins. Contains contributions by i.a. Erik Reger, Ezra Pound, Norman MacLeod, S. Tretyakov, Carl Einstein, Roger Vitrac, Paul Bowles, William Carlos Williams, Eugene Jolas, Vladimir Maiakovski and John Dos Passos. Very rare.
- All fine copies.
- Small number in red ballpoint on title and last textp. Dustwr. as usual sl. worn/ rubbed/ frayed (strengthened on verso) and discol. on backstrip.
= Hermann 63 c. Rare.
Ermanski, J. Theorie und Praxis der Rationalisierung. German transl. Krönlein. Vienna, Verlag für Literatur und Politik, (1928), XVI,447p., photogr. ills., tables, orig. wr. des. by JOHN HEARTFIELD, large 8vo.
- Bookblock loose. Wrappers worn (strengthened on verso along margins and on folds).
AND 2 others w. dustwr. or typography by the same.
- Bookplate and owner's entry in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Dustwrapper plasticized and sl. worn (but unclipped).
= Hanneman A13a.
- Title-p. stained and w. sm. owner's entry. = PMM 375.
Idem. John Gabriel Borkman. Skuespil i fire akter. Ibid., idem, 1896, 1st ed., (6),245p., bound unif. w. the preceding. Idem. Når vi døde vågner. En dramatisk epilog i tre akter. Ibid./ Berlin, idem/ S. Fischer, 1899, 1st ed., (6),202p., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Owner's entry on title-p.
- Htitle and title w. a few foxed spots. Spine sl. sunned. A good/ fine copy.
= Very rare first edition of this work. This edition was printed in 1869 but the publisher did not distribute it until 1874, with a new wrapper and title-p.: "Paris et Bruxelles, en vente chez tous les libraires" and on verso htitle: "Bruxelles - Typ. de E. Wittmann". Vicaire V, p.103: "Le tirage alla s'égarer dans les caves d'un libraire belge qui, timidement, au bout de quatre années, fit brocher des exemplaires avec un titre et une couverture anonymes (...)". Remarkable copy with 12 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by A. DUPARC (= SALIM). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.