Joseph in Egypt (2 volumes in slipcase, complete)
by Mann, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1938. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition of first English edition, sixth printing, stated. Originally printed in German as Joseph und Seine Brüder and Joseph in Ägypten, 1936 (Vienna: Bermann-Fischer). Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Black cloth bindings with blindstamped titles on covers, gold on spine. Rough-cut pp. 664 pp., color map. Volume I: corner bumped, a bit of scuffing, spine lightly faded. Volume II: boards scuffed, spine heavily faded. One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Slipcase quite toned but not faded, edgeworn, loss of part of "Joseph" on spine. Very good in good slipcase..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004355
- Title
- Joseph in Egypt (2 volumes in slipcase, complete)
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Modern First Editions; Rare Literature and Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...