Magister Ludi The Nobel Prize Novel "Das Glasperlenspiel" by Hesse, Hermann / Mervyn Savill (trans.)

Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1949. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Leipzig, Germany/Deutschland: Insel-Verlag, 1957. Decorative Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 77 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Text in German. Small tear on top of spine. Slightly bumped cover board corners.

Weisbaden, Germany/ BR Deutschland: Erschienen Im Insel-Verlag, 1954. Decorative Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 77 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Text in German. Light foxing on page edges.

New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co, 1967. 11th printing. Paperback. Very good to very goo(+) with mild wear & use. Tight and clean.. Quarto in white stiff paper wraps; 502 pages; 21 cm. Sewn binding. Nice early paperback condition printed on quality paper stock. Ungar paperbacks; 2117; [series]. "Translated from the German original Das Glasperlenspiel." Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" (Magister Ludi) the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game Enlightenment (Buddhism) -- Fiction. Science fiction, German. Jeux psychologiques -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Illumination (Bouddhisme) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Science fiction,… Read More

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1949. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 502 pp. Tightly bound copy with clean and crisp pages. Clean text. Minimal external wear with cuts in places. Creased spine.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1967. 11th Printing. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 502 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Spine cover lightly detached from spine. Ex-University-Library (The Wollman Library, Barnard College)-Book with all the typical signs (stamps, stickers, and envelopes, etc.). No jacket.

London: Aldus Publications Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. 1949. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 502pp. .