mann thomas paul rand (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+ dust jacket. Rand, Paul (jacket design) (illustratore). First printing of this translation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Near Fine condition in a completely intact Very Good+ dust jacket (only a little dusty). NOT price clipped ($2.50). NO tears. NO creases. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Although produced with wartime paper, the pages in this copy are still creamy white. Previous owner's tasteful bookplate on the pastedown endpaper (covered by jacket flap). All text is clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Translated from the German [Das Gesetz] by H. T. Lowe-Porter. This 1945 edition is the First Printing of this translation. Bound in the original bright green cloth with gilt decorations on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "THE TABLES OF THE LAW tells the story of the early life of Moses, of his preparations for leading his people out of Egypt, of the exodus itself and incidents at the oasis Kadesh, and of the engraving of the stone tables of the law at 'Sinai.' This story, one of the most dramatic and significant in the Bible, has been given new life and meaning in the richly evocative prose of Thomas Mann.". First printing of this translation. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. Illus. by Rand, Paul (jacket design). 8vo. (viii), 64pp.

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 63 pages. A slim work by Mann translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Features typographic scheme, binding and jacket design by Paul Rand. A very good plus copy in green cloth boards with some minor wear and in an about very good price clipped dust jacket with numerous edge tears, small chips and some tape repairs to the verso.