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1938 Knopf hardcover stated 1st edition. No dj, staining and slight fraying on cover, lettering faded from spine, owner's name and date on front pastedown, numbers stamped on back ep, pages tanned, else text clean, binding tight .
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer, Adrian Leverkühn, as told by a friend; A Novel by Mann, Thomas, and Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Translated from the German by) - 1948
by Mann, Thomas, and Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Translated from the German by)
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer, Adrian Leverkühn, as told by a friend; A Novel
by Mann, Thomas, and Lowe-Porter, H. T. (Translated from the German by)
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New York.: A Borzoi Book / A. A. Knopf., 1948. Book Club Edition. Book-of-the-Month-Club.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear w/ short tears; lower front jacket damp stain. Tightly bound.. Salter, George (Jacket illustrated by).. 1 Black cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. front blind-stamped titles. vi, 510 p. 22 cm. Fictional Biography with a music theme, based on a modern version of the Faust legend. Told is the life story of Adrian Leverkühn (1885-1940), by his lifelong friend Serenus Zeitblom, Ph.D. The composer symbolically enters into a pact with the Devil, represented by a wasting disease. He sells his soul and body for 24 years of musical genius. Author Thomas Mann, b. Germany 1875, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Leaving Germany in 1933, he later settled in Princeton NJ, and later in California.
- Seller Independent bookstores (US)
- Illustrator Salter, George (Jacket illustrated by).
- Format/Binding Hard cover
- Book Condition Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear w/ short tears; lower front jacket damp stain. Tightly bound.
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Book Club Edition. Book-of-the-Month-Club.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher A Borzoi Book / A. A. Knopf.
- Place of Publication New York.
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords Fictional Biography, music theme, based on Faust legend|Pact with the Devil|Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929|Salter, George, artist