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DOKTOR FAUSTUS: DAS LEBEN DES DEUTSCHEN TONSETZERS ADRIAN LEVERKÃHN, ERZÃHLT VON EINEM FREUNDE
by Mann, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1947. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); dark brown cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [8],9-772,[4]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, with some scuffing to upper edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket shows modest wear, gentle sunning to spine and panels, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a Dutch bookseller's ticket to lower front flap; Very Good+. Laid into this copy is the publisher's 16-panel folding catalog advertising their Fall, 1946 titles, along with an unused publisher's query card. Mann's re-shaping of the Faust legend, set in the first half of the 20th century, and centered around a young composer who strikes a Faustian bargain in order to achieve true creative genius.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5534
- Title
- DOKTOR FAUSTUS: DAS LEBEN DES DEUTSCHEN TONSETZERS ADRIAN LEVERKÃHN, ERZÃHLT VON EINEM FREUNDE
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bermann-Fischer Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Date Published
- 1947
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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