CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULLL, Confidence Man (The Early Years)
by Mann, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1955. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KURL, the late, great work of Thomas Mann - a comic novel of deception and misplaced confidence 'The most astonishing work that Mann ever wrote and also one of the most perfect. . . with Felix Krull the world receives from Thomas Mann the gift which German literature h) as almost proverbially withheld from it: the great comic novel'-( Edwin Muir Waiter by day, man about Paris by night; the young and good looking Felix Krull has created for himself a personality to charm and deceive the world of wealth. When the Marquis de Venosta makes him a proposal that he can't refuse, the young Felix finds himself on the pathway that will elevate him into the world of riches. Fine (with previous owner's pictorial bookplate affixed to front board inside under flap), first edition, first printing IN BLACK CLOTH BOARDS, in near-fine (price-clipped with sl chipping to rear top edge and spine ENDS) IN MYLAR-PROTECTED DUST COVER. bund
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023923
- Title
- CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULLL, Confidence Man (The Early Years)
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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