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Washington DC: German Historical Institute, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 266pp; illus. Fine, tight, and unmarked -- a new-appearing copy.
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1968: Memories and Legacies of a Global Revolt. Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, Supplement 6 (2009)
by GASSERT, Philipp and Martin Klimke (eds)
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5 Novelettes
by LEHMAN, Dr. M. [Marcus Lehmann]; Nissan Mindel, trans
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[Brooklyn: Merkos L'inyonei Church, 1964 (but 1980?)]. Eighth Printing." Octavo (21.5cm.); original simulated morocco, yellow decorative dust jacket; mixed paginations. Fine. Collection of five novellas translated from the German of rabbi Lehmann (1831-1890), each offset from a different edition with separate half title and paging.
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About Belgium
by HUYSMANS, Camille
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London: Hutchinson, [1944]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm). Pictorial paper wrappers; 79pp. Mild external wear; text paper browned at margins (not brittle); Very Good. In the publisher's "Fight For Freedom" series. Argues against neutrality for Belgium (and other small European nations) in the face of German aggression and insists on the maintenance of national sovereignty.Translated from the French; Preface by Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood.
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An Address to the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, on the Character and Influence of German Literature. Delivered at Hanover, N.H., July 24, 1839
by EVERETT, A[lexander] H.
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Boston: Henry L. Devereux, 1839. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 60pp. Faint vertical crease, final signature separated but present. Good and clean overall. Chiefly devoted to "the two great masters of German literature" (p. 31), Friedrich Schiller and Goethe.
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The Adventurer
by HERZOG, Rudolf; J.W. van Eyndhoven, trans
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New York: Desmond FitzGerald, [1912]. First American Edition. 12mo (19cm.); publisher's dark orange gilt-lettered cloth; [6],378pp.; two-toned frontispiece. Cloth a bit scuffed, especially at spine ends, spine cloth quite darkened, some white soiling to upper cover, small bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, light foxing to preliminaries, else Very Good, internally near fine. Best-selling German novelist's first appearance in English, though it appears his popularity in Germany did not cross over to this continent.
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
by HOFFMANN, Dieter and Robert Schulmann
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Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich / Stiftung Neue Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum, [2005]. First Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); publisher's stiff red pictorial card wrappers, 120pp.; illus. Minor wear, gift inscription (possibly by one of the authors?) in English and German on title page, else Near Fine. Forms part of the series Jüdischen Miniaturen.
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American Journalists in Europe: An Account of a Visit to England and France at the Close of the War Made by a Party of Editors and Publishers of American Industrial Papers as Guests of the British Government Under the Auspices of the British Ministry of Information
by SWETLAND, H.M.
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New York: United Publishers Corporation, 1919. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Flexible green cloth, titled in gilt on front cover; page edges uncut and text partially unopened; 115pp; 31 inserted leaves of plates. Other than a very faint damp-mark to bottom centimeter of the rear endpaper, this is a clean, attractive copy in the original cloth binding, Near Fine. Souvenir album of an American press corps tour of France and England following the Armistice in 1918. Well-illustrated with photographic plates on thick paper, including portraits and a substantial section showing scenes of post-war devastation.
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American Negro Slavery in the Works of Friedrich Strubberg, Friedrich Gerstäcker and Otto Ruppius: A Dissertation [Inscribed and Signed to John Hope Franklin]
by WOODSON, Leroy H.
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Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's grey printed card wrappers; viii,[2],340pp.; text printed from typescript. Wrapper extremities toned and slightly chipped, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed to African American historian and author of "From Slavery to Freedom" John Hope Franklin (1915-2009): "To John Hope Franklin: With a million thanks for the helpful guidance and suggestions that made this work possible. / Leroy H. Woodson." Catholic University of America Studies in German Vol. XXII.
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Anticipating Total War: the German and American Experiences, 1871-1914
by BOEMEKE, Manfred F. (et al, eds)
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 496pp. Tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; near-new. Publication of the German Historical Institute.
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Aristotle's Metaphysics 1-3: On the Essence and Actuality of Force
by HEIDEGGER, Martin; Walter Brogan and Peter Warnek, transl
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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 203pp. Neat ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else a fine, unmarked copy in the original dustwrapper, also Fine. First translation into English of Heidegger's 1931 lectures on Aristotle at the University of Freiburg. Translated from the second German edition (1990).
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Babelsberg: Ein Filmstudio 1912-1992
by JACOBSEN, Wolfgang
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[Berlin]: Argon, [1992]. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); original silver photo-illustrated card wrappers, French flaps; 368pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Near Fine. Text entirely in German. History of Babelsberg Studio outside of Berlin, the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.
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Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed
by [WW2 - FRENCH RESISTANCE] GIRARD, André
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New York: Brentano's, [1944]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and black depicting a signed illustration by Girard of a fallen soldier; 292pp.; illus. by the author throughout, including many full-paged. Spine a bit darkened, top textblock edge stained with very shallow bleeding onto leaves. A Very Good and tight copy. Text entirely in French. Extensively illustrated contemporary account of the German occupation in France and the French Resistance. Girard, a French painter and poster artist, was the founding member of the Resistance organization known as the CARTE network, which he ran from Antibes, a free zone in France. In 1942 CARTE drew the attention of the British Special Operations Executive, which provided the organization with arms, radio operators, and funds. After traveling to Britain under SOE orders in 1943, Girard was forbidden from returning to France during which time his wife was arrested and incarcerated in the Ravensbruck concentration…
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Ben Jonson's Volpone: A Loveless Comedy in 3 Acts, Freely Adapted by Stefan Zweig
by JONSON, Ben; Stefan Zweig, trans. into German; Ruth Langner, trans. back into English; Aubrey Beardsley, illus
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New York: Viking Press, 1928. First Thus. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's cloth in light tan decorative dust jacket printed in brown and orange; [6],187pp.; frontispiece and decorations throughout. Jacket extremities gently rubbed, small chip at spine crown, spine a bit toned, else Near Fine in Very Good or better jacket. "A New York Theatre Guild Production" - upper jacket panel. A modern adaptation of Jonson's 17th-c. comedy; this version was later adapted for George Antheil's 1953 opera.
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Berliner Kommunisten im Kampf Gegen den Faschismus 1936 bis 1942: Robert Uhrig und Genossen
by KRAUSHAAR, Luise
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Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1981. First Edition. Octavo (20.25cm.); original linen in yellow pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [2],352pp; 16 leaves of plain photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. Boards warped from damp, dust jacket and textblock a bit cockled, jacket spine faded. Good to Very Good. History of the Communist-affiliated Uhrig Group who participated in anti-Nazi activism until they were infiltrated in 1942. Leader Robert Uhrig was executed in 1944 at the Bradenburg-Görden Prison.
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Blatchford-Wright's Sozialistische Briefe. Für Amerikanische Verhältnisse Bearbeitet
by [SOCIALISTS] BLATCHFORD, Robert and Henry Wright; Victor L. Berger, intro
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Milwaukee: Verlag des "Vorwärts, 1899. First Thus. Cloth issue. Octavo (22.25cm.); original red decorative cloth lettered in black; xxiv,188pp. Corners a bit bumped, a few tiny dampstains to upper cover, cloth very slightly darkened along extremities, else Very Good or better. Slightly later gift inscription to front pastedown in English and German, dated West Allis, Wis., March 2, 1911, urging recipients to "Read Careful." In the same hand the previous owner has written below Berger's name "I. soz. Kongressabgeordneter in den U.S.A., gewählt 8 nov. 1910." German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published in a series of articles in The Clarion. This edition has been adapted for a German-American readership.
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Blatchford-Wright's Sozialistische Briefe. Für Amerikanische Verhältnisse Bearbeitet
by BLATCHFORD, Robert and Henry Wright; Victor L. Berger, intro
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Milwaukee: Verlag des "Vorwärts, 1899. First Thus. Wrapper issue. Octavo (21.75cm.); original red decorative wrappers; xxiv,188pp. Lacking rear wrapper, upper wrapper with long closed horizontal tear across lower third of wrapper not affecting text, additional chips and shallow losses along extremities, extremities toned; textblock uniformly toned, pp. 187/8 chipped along gutter edge. Fair to Good. This wrapper issue published as No. 1 of the Vorwaerts Library. German translation of Robert Blatchford's socialist treatise Merrie England (1893), first published in a series of articles in The Clarion. This edition has been adapted for a German-American readership.
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Braunbuch II: Dimitroff contra Goering. Enthüllungen über die Wahren Brandstifter
by [WORLD COMMITTEE FOR THE VICTIMS OF GERMAN FASCISM]
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Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); drab card wrappers; 461pp.; 20 leaves of photographic plates, facsimiles in text throughout. A Very Good sound copy, albeit lacking all but the mounted flaps of the John Heartfield dust jacket. The second of the "Brown Books," in which first appeared the theory that the Nazis were behing the Reichstag fire of 1933. Two Carrefour prospectuses, for this and another title, laid in.
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Bridges and Bars: A Foreword and Seven Stories
by SCHNEIDER, Rolf; Michael Bullock, trans
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London: Jonathan Cape, [1967]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; 189pp. Light wear and a few chips to jacket extremities, spine a bit toned and cocked and corners gently bumped, else Very Good and sound. Collection of short stories by the young East German playwright, his first book to be translated into English.
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Briefe (Neue erweiterte Ausgabe)
by HESSE, Hermann
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Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1959. New edition. Early printing. 12mo (18.5cm). Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 526,[2]pp. Fine in lightly dusted jacket, still Near Fine. Hesse's collected letters, written from 1912 to 1958. Uniform with the Suhrkamp edition of Hesse's works, but issued separately. Text entirely in German.
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Briefe [Sämtliche Werke, v.III]
by MÖRIKE [MOERIKE], Eduard; Gerhart Baumann and Siegfried Grosse (eds)
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Stuttgart: Cotta, 1959. First Cotta ed. Small octavo (20cm); flexible cloth boards; dustjacket; 967,[3]pp. Fine and unmarked in clean, unworn dustwrapper, Near Fine. Collected letters of the German Romantic poet Eduard Mörike (1804-1875). Text entirely in German (modern type). Comprises the third and final volume of the Cotta edition of Mörike's works. Jacket design by Hermann Zapf.
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