THE BLACK SWAN.
by Mann, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a fair only dust jacket.(small prev owner's name, dust jacket is complete, but has severe overall edgewear, lig/fair only
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1954.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fair only dust jacket.(small prev owner's name, dust jacket is complete, but has severe overall edgewear, light soiling, toning to spine - jacket is now protected by an archival cover.). First American edition. Important short novel by Mann -from the dust jacket "A bold and disturbing theme pervades this deeply moving and tenderly ironic tale of a strange deception. In it Thomas Mann once again reveals his mastery of psychological analysis and his profound perceptions into the mysterious realm where the physical and the spiritual meet." Translated from the German by Willard R. Traske. 141 pp plus a 5 pp list of the principal works of Mann.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40123
- Title
- THE BLACK SWAN.
- Author
- Mann, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a fair only dust jacket.(small prev owner's name, dust jacket is complete, but has severe overall edgewear, lig
- Jacket Condition
- fair only
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1954.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature in translation;
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