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DEATH IN VENICE
by MANN, THOMAS
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1997. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Felix Hoffmann. This novella was first published in 1912. Thomas Mann (18175-1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. 107pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. It was first published in English in 1925 as Death in Venice and Other Stories, translated by Kenneth Burke. W. H. Auden called it the definitive translation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014999
- Title
- DEATH IN VENICE
- Author
- MANN, THOMAS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- German Literature, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Octavo
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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