New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Softcover. Tall octavo. 12pp. plus 1p. ads. First US edition. Sewn pamphlet with blue wrappers. Mann's response to the cancellation of his honorary degrees at the Frederick William University on the Rhine. Small tag indicating that this was a review copy is laid-in. Some.....
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo. 614pp. Incl. index. Blue-back cloth, with embossed monogram; title stamped in gilt on spine. Small bookplate. Hint of weakness to front hinge, but not cracked. Nice clean copy.
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1940-1949. Hardcover. Octavo. Five volumes: 379pp.; 537pp.; 596pp.; 490pp.; 498pp. Incl. extensive notes and index to all five volumes. Other volumes include indexes to first lines. Blue-black cloth, with embossed monogram; titles stamped in gilt on spine. A couple bumps to the first volume.....
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1974. Hardcover. Octavo. 189pp. Orange paper covered boards with black cloth spine. In glossy black dust jacket that has light scuff. Hint of fading to spine lettering.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Hardcover. Octavo. 165pp. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine. In glossy black dust jacket that has light scuff. "In 1984, writer and critic Bette Howland won a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. In 1983, she published Things to Come and Go: Three.....
New York: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Octavo. 446pp. Incl. index. Burgundy cloth, spine stamped in gold, which has dulled. Dust jacket is darkened on spine,with edge wear and small tears. Ownership signature on fly-leaf.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. Softcover. Octavo. 98pp. Blue wrappers. INSCRIBED by Lish, "For Joshua (Odell), who has been a constant pressure from the first..." Pub. Date inked on front.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Softcover. Octavo. 150pp. Gold wrappers.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958. Hardcover. Second edition, typographic border to title-page printed in green, 4 lines of musical notation at end of text. 12mo. 279pp. Green cloth is sunned on spine. Book is lightly cocked. Dust jacket is sunned on spine and edge and has some light edge wear.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Softcover. Lg. octavo. 16pp. Staple-bound pamphlet in green card-stock wrapper with gold foil label. Toned a little on edges.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Limited edition in slipcase. Hardcover. Octavo. 82pp. #318 of a limited edition of 540 copies, SIGNED by Hermann Puterschein (a.k.a. Dwiggins). Decorated paper covered boards with cloth spine. Chapter heading decorations by Dwiggins, printed in red. Spine label faded and worn. In slipcase that.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo.155pp. #417 of a limited edition of 600 copies. Includes poetry by James Weldon Johnson, a story by Sherwood Anderson, and an editorial by Mencken. Decorative black paper over boards is rubbed, worn on corners. Green cloth spine, lettering a bit dull. Older.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo, First trade edition, limited to 5000 copies. First state with Willa Cather's birthdate uncorrected on page 246. 351pp. Incl. Bibliography of Borzoi Books. INSCRIBED, by contributor J. Brooks Atkinson to Al Abrams of the Pittsburg Post Gazette on first blank. Contributors include.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, large paper edition limited to 500 copies. 351pp. Incl. Bibliography of Borzoi Books. INSCRIBED, "For Johnny Lo??..." by Alfred, Blanche and Sam Knopf on half-title. Contributors include Willa Cather, A.E. Coppard, Walter de la Mare, D.H. Lawrence, H.L. Mencken.....
Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 277pp. Blue cloth has light rubbing to spine ends. Endpapers toned. Dust jacket spine is toned with some chipping to spine ends and corners. Author's second novel. "Ireland's greatest story-teller is at his best in this novel. Savage in.....
Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Tall octavo. First edition thus. 104pp. Incl. notes. Gold cloth stamped in black has a little surface cracking at exterior hinge. Red dust jacket is faded on spine, light rubbing and small edge tears.
Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Tall octavo. First edition thus. 104pp. Incl. notes. Yellow cloth stamped in black. Blue dust jacket is lightly faded on spine, has spotting, rubbing and small edge tears.
Berlin: Veregt bei Peerlings, 1988. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 47pp. Limited to 400 copies, SIGNED by both Kunert and Fussmann, this is copy #11. Poems and short prose pieces illustrated with Fussman's striking lithographs. Text is in German. Grey cloth covered boards. Small decorative stamp on corner of fly-leaf.....
New York: Harold A. Loeb, 1922. Softcover. Quarto. Pagination continues from vol. 1; 2pp ads, 83-156, plus 4pp. ads at rear. Cubist style cover illustration by Juan Gris. Featuring ANIMALS, by Karl With, VITRION, by Ilya Ehrenbourg, poems by Pierre Reverdy and Edwin Muir and much more. Illustrated with photographs.....
New York: Harold A. Loeb, 1922. Softcover. Quarto. 80pp. plus 1pp.ad. Cubist style cover illustration by Marcoussis; woodcut illustrations by Andre Derain and Max Weber. Featuring THE LAY OF MALADOR, by Comte De Lautreamont, FRENCH LETTERS AND THE WAR, by Jacques Riviere, poems by William Carlos Williams and Yvor Winters.....