The Berlin Stories
by Isherwood, Christopher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1945. Nice copy in its first American printing. Tight and square and unmarked. Nice light grey boards with black and brown stamping on spine is clean and fresh with sharp tips. Basis for the film "Cabaret". Price intact jacket has lshort closed tear near head of spine along front, light tanning and minor wear at head of spine. In mylar.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Berlin Stories , by Christopher Isherwood, consists of two short novels, Mr. Norris Changes Trains (published in the United States as The Last of Mr. Norris ) and Goodbye to Berlin . The stories are both set in 1931 Berlin, as Hitler and the Nazis are coming into power. Isherwood portrays Berlin's seedier side with characters who frequent beer halls, vaudeville theaters and bath houses. Goodbye to Berlin includes the character Sally Bowles, best known from the musical and film Cabaret , the inspiration for which is rooted in Isherwood's Berlin Stories and other works of his. The main character in Mr Norris Changes Trains is gay, and the book was written during a time when being gay was a crime in many parts of Europe. Christopher Isherwood was himself openly homosexual, and he explored gay culture in his writing. He was forced to write in such a way that references to gay culture and homosexual relationships were so subtle that one had to be familiar with the dialogue of that culture in order to understand them. -
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018599
- Title
- The Berlin Stories
- Author
- Isherwood, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus to Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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