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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. This Stated First Edition (and, unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has light edge rubbing, a tiny 1/8-inch tear at the rear spine seam, and a small red dot next to the word "Last" on the front panel. (Click on photo.) The… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First impression. 8vo. Pp 211. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket is a little rubbed… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 211, [7]; frontis portrait; black cloth with gilt title on spine in red pictorial dust jacket; top edge in red; near fine in a near fine dust jacket, ink checkmarks at bibliography in back, bookplate on front paste down, light rubbing and fading to dust jacket edge.

New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (Boards show shelf/edgewear; DJ shows moderate shelf/edgewear, smudging and tearing along edges and corners; DJ has a tear on the front bottom; there is a signature on ffep; pages are clean, but lightly age-toned; binding is solid.). Black boards with blind stamp lettering and illlustration on the cover and gilt… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1958, 1st American Edition. (Cloth, 8vo) 211 +. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Bright jacket shows minimal wear at edges and a small chip at head of spine. Internally clean, minor discoloration to pages due to quality of paper. Nice copy!..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959 Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston and Tania and James Stern. In this volume will be found Mann's critical appreciation of four famous writers, Schiller, Goethe, Nietzsche, and Chekhov. 211 pages, + 5 more pages of The Princpal Works of Thomas Mann, and 1 page with a short Note about the Author.… Read more about this item

This is the hardcover stated Knopf First Edition from 1959. Other than a clipped front cardholder flyleaf (ex lib), both the mylar-covered DJ and the book are in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, etc. and the pages and binding are tight. This wonderful, impossible-to-find item is available for purchase now!Very Good

NY: Knopf, 1959. 1st ed., 1959. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Knopf, 1959. 1st ed., 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover. Very Good. Hard Cover; Very Good; Jacket, if issued, is missing. Very little shelving wear. Inside, either unread or gently read. Near new conditon.