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Csodálatosságok könyve. [Book on Wonders.]

Csodálatosságok könyve. [Book on Wonders.]

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Csodálatosságok könyve. [Book on Wonders.]

by Balázs, Béla; (Mann, Thomas)

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About This Item

Budapest: Révai, 1948. First edition. Inscribed by Balázs. In publisher's half cloth with original, illustrated dust jacket designed by Vera Csillag, the addressee of the dedication. Wrappers slightly chipped at extremities, but in very good condition. The book is in fine condition.. First edition. Inscribed by Balázs. In publisher's half cloth with original, illustrated dust jacket designed by Vera Csillag, the addressee of the dedication. 163, (1) p.


The collection of Balázs' Chinese short stories, contains partly the same stories as his earlier book "Der Mantel der Träueme" (München, 1922). Foreword by Thomas Mann, a section from his essay "Ein schönes Buch" (in: Bemühungen; Berlin, 1925).


Béla Balázs (1884-1949) was a Hungarian-Jewish film critic and aesthete, also a writer and poet. He is renown as the librettist of Béla Bartók's "Bluebeard's Castle" and the writer of the scenario for Bartók's ballet "The Wooden Prince".


Vera Csillag (1909-1997) was a Hungarian graphic artist, related to the modernist movements, her master was Sándor Bortnyik.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Csodálatosságok könyve. [Book on Wonders.]
Author
Balázs, Béla; (Mann, Thomas)
Format/Binding
In publisher's half cloth with original, illustrated dust jacket designed by Vera Csillag, the addressee of the dedication
Book Condition
Used - Wrappers slightly chipped at extremities, but in very good condition. The book is in fine condition.
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition. Inscribed by Balázs
Publisher
Révai
Place of Publication
Budapest
Date Published
1948

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