1286 - 1362 FOREIGN LITERATURE
- Annot. in lower blank margin of one page; occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise fine.
Kiernan, F. Seeing Mary Plain. A Life of Mary McCarthy. Nw York/ London, W.W. Norton & Comp., 2000, 1st ed., 845p., 45 ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. (fine). - AND 11 others, i.a. P. AUSTER, Oracle Night (New York, 2003, 1st ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.) and incl. 1 Am. first edition and 4 first Engl. editions by V. NABOKOV, i.a. Tyrants Destroyed (New York, 1975, 1st Am. ed., orig. boards w. dustwr.).
- First vol. dustwr. sl. foxed.
Borges, J.L. Gesammelte Werke. Vol. 3/I-II, 4, 7 and 8. Munich/ Vienna, Hanser, 1981-1982, 5 (of 11) vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.
- Vol.3/I owner's entry on first free endpaper.
AND 7 others.
- Two vols. w. owner's entry on first free endpaper/ htitle. Dustwr. partly yellowed; one frontwr. w. sm. tear in lower margin; lamination of dustwr. occas. loosening.
= Without the final vol. VII.
Idem. Briefe. Ed. G. Scholem and Th. Adorno. Ibid., idem, 1966, 2 vols. w. continuous pagination, 884,(2)p., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 3 others by the same in 4 vols.
- Dustwr. sl. dam./ chipped along upper margin.
Idem. Frauen vor Flußlandschaft. Ibid., idem, 1985, 1st ed., 254,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. (owner's entry on first free endpaper) - AND 5 others by the same, incl. 2 duplicates, all first editions, in orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- All vols. bookplate or owner's entry on htitle/ first free endpaper. Otherwise fine.- Sl. yellowed; bookplate upper pastedown; owner's stamp on first free endpaper; first and final few leaves sl. foxed.
= Rare.
ADDED: 3 others, incl. H. WACHENHUSEN, Paris 1867. Weltausstellungsbilder/ Eva in Paris (Berlin, n.d. (±1867), 1st/ 3rd ed., 2 vols., orig. (not unif.) col. lithogr. wr. Both vols. yellowed; first vol. sl. dampstained at the beginning and foot of spine sl. worn).
- Mint. = The standard text edition.
AND an illustrated Dutch translation of the book by C. Schuller van Peursum (Leyden, n.d. (1877), orig. gilt dec. and blindst. cl.).
- Trifle yellowed; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Spine-ends of dustwr. trifle worn. Otherwise fine.
= Tower books 391.
Idem. Red Wind. Ibid., idem, 1946, 1st ed., 253,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Trifle yellowed. Two closed tears in dustwr. along spine (both repaired w. tape, now browned).
= Tower books 390.
AND 2 others, i.a. A. KOESTLER, Reflections on hanging (London, 1956, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Dustwr. a few (closed) tears).
= One of 50 numb. copies on Van Gelder-Bütten, bound in gilt hvellum, t.e.g.
- Waterstained. Wrappers browned. = Warranted by the publisher on verso title.
- All (very) fine.
- Enpapers sl. browned. Dustwrapper trifle foxed.
Idem. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. Ibid., idem, 1966, 1st ed., 94,(1)p., orig. gilt boards w. dustwr. - AND 2 others by the same, both reprints: For Your Eyes Only and On Her Majesty's Secret Service, orig. boards. w. dustwr.
- All fine.
- (Sl.) foxed and sl. yellowed. Bindings rubbed/ worn along extremities (gilt on spine partly worn off).
= Dutch translation by C.M. Mensing of Master Humphrey's clock. Comprising i.a. "Nelly" (the Dutch translation of The Old Curiosity Shop). The final part contains 4 extra plates.
- Some foxing; bookblock vol. 2 sl. warped. Bindings rubbed and sl. worn (vol. 2 worse).
= Scheepers II, no.528. First Dutch edition.
AND 3 others by the same, all first Dutch translations: Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi (Amst., 1845, plates, contemp. hcl.); Tafereelen uit Italië (ibid., 1846, contemp. hcl.) and De Nieuwjaars-klokken. Eene geestverschijning (ibid., 1845, plates, contemp. hcl.).
- 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.
- Without dustwrapper; cloth discoloured; dam. at top of spine; lower joint splitting.
Jünger, E. Heliopolis. Rückblick auf eine Stadt. Tübingen, Heliopolis-Verlag, 1949, 1st ed., 439,(1)p., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr. w. col. ill. on verso dustwr. by W. HÖLL.
- Dustwr. occas. lacks sm. portions and strengthened w. scotch tape in corners.
Idem. An der Zeitmauer. Stuttgart, E. Klett, 1949, 314p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. dam. at spine-ends.
AND 10 others, all German, partly first editions, some Exil publications, all without dustwr., i.a. K. TUCHOLSKY, Lerne lachen ohne zu weinen (Berlin, 1931, orig. cl.).
- Foxed as usual. Lacks dustwr. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.115.
Mann, T. Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull. Ibid., idem, 1937, 177,(2)p., orig. cl.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; some foxing. Lacks dustwr. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann 332.
Döblin, A. Die Fahrt ins Land ohne Tod. Ibid., idem, 1937, 357p., orig. cl.
- Some foxing. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.103.
AND 13 others, all Exil publications, all orig. cl./ wr. lacking dustwr., i.a. J. ROTH, Die Hundert Tage (Amst., 1936) and A. ZWEIG, Versunkene Tage (ibid., 1938).
- Fine copy in publisher's binding without the pict. dec. by P.L. Urban. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.266.
Baschwitz, K. Du und die Masse. Studien zu einer exakten Massenpsychologie. Amst., Feikema, Caarelsen & Co., 1938, 1st ed., XII,341,(1)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr.
- Dustwr. chipped at top of spine; dustwr. sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.95.
Thomas, A. Katrin! Die Welt Brennt! / Die Katrin wird Soldat. Ein Roman aus Elsass-Lothringen. Ibid., A. de Lange, 1936/ 1938, 1st eds., 2 vols., 289,(1); 296,(4)p., orig. unif. cl./ hcl.
= Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.102.
AND 19 others similar in 20 vols., i.a. E.M. REMARQUE, Drei Kameraden (ibid., Querido, 1938, 1st ed., orig. cl. Sm. bookseller's ticket on first free endpaper); L. FEUCHTWANGER, Der Falsche Nero (ibid., idem, 1936, 1st ed., orig. (sl. rubbed) cl.); IDEM, Waffen für Amerika (ibid., Querido, 1947-1948, 2 vols., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.); T. MANN, Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (ibid., idem, 1937, 1st enl. ed., orig. cl. Bookplate and owner's entry on first free endpaper) and F. WALTER, Kassandra (ibid., A. de Lange, 1939, 1st ed., orig. wr. Backstrip sl. rubbed).
- Lacks dustwr. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann 332.
Idem. Achtung Europa! Stockholm, Bermann-Fischer, 1938, 1st ed., 191,(1)p., orig. cl.
- Owner's entry on first free blank.
= Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.332. Published simultaneously in New York by Longmans/ Green.
Döblin, A. Babylonische Wandrung. Amst., Querido, 1934, 1st ed., 694p., ills., orig. cl.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Lacks dustwr. = Sternfeld/ Tiedemann p.103.
AND 21 others, all Exil publications, all orig. cl. (without dustwr.)/ orig. wr., i.a. J. ROTH, Der Leviathan (Amst., 1940) and S. ZWEIG, Ungeduld des Herzens (Stockholm/ Amst.,1939).