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The Beloved Returns, also known as Lotte in Weimar, is a 1939 novel written by the German writer and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann (1975-1955). It is about a difficult and unconsummated romance.
This is the fourth printing of the first American edition, dated 1957.
453 pages. Dark blue boards with the title impressed on the cover and gold lettering on spine.
The gold has worn off the spine a little. But this book does not appear to have been read. It's in mint condition.
Note: I also have a leather-bound copy of Mann's The Magic Mountain listed here, as well as a first edition of The Holy Sinner, and a first edition of Joseph the Provider.

This is a mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 1993.
It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales.
Bound in navy blue leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages.
652 pages, with no adornment.
This book does not appear to have been read; it's in perfect condition.

This is a leather-bound mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 2011.
It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales.
Bound in burgundy leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages.
652 pages, with no adornment, other than one portrait of the brothers.
This book is brand new and has not been read; I don't think it's ever been opened. Its flawless--pristine.

The Holy Sinner is the last book written (in 1951) by the German writer and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann (1975-1955). It explores the origins of evil, original sin, and evil's connection with magic.
This is the first American edition, also dated 1951.
336 pages. Dark blue boards with the title impressed on the cover and gold lettering on spine.
The original owner signed the front endpaper. Minor darkening of the paper at the edges.
Other than that, it's in mint condition.
Note: I also have a leather-bound copy of Mann's The Magic Mountain listed here, as well as The Beloved Returns, and a first edition of Joseph the Provider.

Joseph the Provider is the fourth book in Mann's four-part series Joseph and His Brothers, which Mann wrote over 16 years and completed in 1942. He re-tells the stories in Genesis, chapters 27-50, putting them in historical context. Mann, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, considered it his greatest work.
This book was first published in Sweden (in German) in 1943.
In 1944, it was published in English, in the US, by Knopf. This is a first printing of that English edition.
It is 416 pages + notes.
The cover is plain black with a gold feather, and there is gold lettering on the spine. It was printed in accordance with the war-time codes on paper and printing, so it's just a nice plain book. The pages have darkened a little, but there are no marks of any kind in it or on it.
Note: I also have a leather-bound copy of Mann's The Magic Mountain listed here, as well as a first edition of The Holy Sinner, and a 1957 copy of The Beloved Returns (Lotte in Weimar).

This is a luxury edition of The Magic Mountain, written by the Thomas Mann (1875-1955), who won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature. This classic novel, about career invalids snowbound in the Swiss Alps, was first published in 1924 and it is considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature.
This copy was published by the Franklin Library in 1981. Although it has a bookplate on the inside front cover, (which you can easily cover) it does not appear to have been read. It has no odor, but it has come in contact with water at some point; some of the front pages are waved and the gold edging has come off portions of the sides.
It has a bound-in silk bookmark which was undisturbed until today. It is heavily illustrated in pen and ink sketches by the famed Uruguayan sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca.
It is beautifully-made, with a leather spine moving onto the covers, and a gold design on the spine and covers. It is 724 pages and weighs 3 lbs. Lovely book.
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This is a lovely copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, the famous book, written in 1812, by the German-Swiss writer Johann Wyss. It is about a family of Swiss immigrants who were sailing to Australia when their ship was blown off course and they were stranded in the East Indies. There is an illustration, either a black drawing or a full-color painting, on nearly every page. The illustrator was Charles Folkard, creator of the famous British comic strip Teddy Tail.341 pages. Red and gray boards with green text.There is an inscription on the front endpaper; it was given to a daughter by her parents in 1974. The daughter, presumably, had the cover professionally laminated.There are some little spots on the cover but they're barely noticeable.Other than that, this book is in pristine condition.

This is a lovely copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, the famous book, written in 1812, by the German-Swiss writer Johann Wyss. It is about a family of Swiss immigrants who were sailing to Australia when their ship was blown off course and they were stranded in the East Indies. This copy is liberally illustrated by the American illustrator and cartoonist Frank Godwin (1889-1959), who is best known for the comic strip Connie. 340 pages. Blue boards with a signed Godwin painting on the cover6 1/8" x 8 3/4"There are some little spots on the cover and spine but they're barely noticeable--if they bother you, it would be worth it to have the book cleaned. There is some discoloration to the back cover and the inside front cover.The spine has some looseness to it but is not breaking.Inside, all is fine. Clean, creamy white pages. No dogears.Overall superb condition.