The Black Swan
by MANN, THOMAS
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Alfred A Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Hardcover Retired Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. No library markings except pocket on rear endpapers. Translated from the German by Willard R. Trask. Originally published in German in 1953. A bold and distrubing theme pervades this moving and ironic tale of a strange deception. Mann was a master of psychological analysis and had profound perceptions into the mysterious realm where the physical and spiritual meet. Thomas Mann, 1875-1955, was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, essayist. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. He emigrated to the US in 1939 and returned to Switzerland in 1952. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles. Appears clean and unmarked--jacket affixed to boards.Tight and solid sewn binding. Rough cut. Internals clean and unmarked. . Front endpaper with bookplate. Jacket is well-covered with mylar cover; price-clipped. It is clean and intact. 141 pages plus a list of Mann's works.8 x 5.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1971.
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004068
- Title
- The Black Swan
- Author
- MANN, THOMAS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PSYCHOLOGY DECEPTION GERMAN LITERATURE, 20TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Modern Classics;
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