Search Results: German Lit from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Knopf, 1998. Hardcover First Edition USA; so stated First Edition USA; so stated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only the faintest soiling; price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 306pp. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. Hardback with DJ. Ever since the 1830s, when Pushkin immortalized St. Petersburg in "The Bronze Horseman," the city has been the capital of the Russian imagination. It also seems to have exerted a powerful influence on the young German writer Ingo Schulze, who celebrates this swampy metropolis in his English-language debut, 33 Moments of Happiness. Not that the author is invariably enchanted by his subject. His 33 slices of Slavic life include some definite downers, not least a bloody (yet oddly comical) shootout in a disco. For one of Schulze's narrators, in fact, St. Petersburg encapsulates all the defects of an entire… Read More

Ontario, ON, Canada Collier Macmillan Canada, Ltd. , 1975. Hardcover First Edition [1975], unstated. First Edition [1975], unstated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows very faint discoloration along bottom edge of cloth-covered boards. Binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows slight rubbing and wear to extremities. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. 8vo. 293pp. Translated by Eric Mosbacher. Hardback with DJ.

Berlin, Germany Goldmann Verlag, 1997. Paperback First Ed thus, First Printing stated. First Ed thus, First Printing stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; upper rear corner mildly bumped. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 190pp. Mass Market Paperback.

Munich, Germany DTV: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1988. Paperback First Edition Thus [1988], Sixth Printing [1999]. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. (4.7 x 0.4 x 7.6 inches). 115 pages. First Edition Thus [1988], Sixth Printing [1999]. Mass Market Paperback. Product Dimensions: Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces

Gladbeck, Germany Martin Heilmann Verlag, 1953. Hardcover First Edition [1953]; Third Printing. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. Book shows just a touch of wear to extremities; slight spine lean; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to extremities; a few nicks and a bit of chip loss at outside edges; price clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 226pp. First Edition [1953]; Third Printing. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1990. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use; shows very slight bowing to boards; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 281pp. Hardcover with DJ. Wagner, a German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald green snake--marking him, according to local beliefs, for death.

Boston, MA Little Brown & Company, 1984. Hardcover First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 158pp. Hardback with DJ. Rolf Hochhuth (born 1 April 1931, in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. He is best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy and remains a controversial figure for his plays and other public comments, such as his insinuation of Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews in that play). Hochhuth's next play, Soldiers (1967), alleged that Winston Churchill was responsible for the death of the Polish Prime Minister, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, in an airplane crash in 1943, contradicting the official version of events as an accident, and claiming that General Sikorski… Read More