Alexander Frey (472 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Reichstein, Alexander (illustrator).

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Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Reichstein, Alexander (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Reichstein, Alexander (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Maimed beggars, female automatons, cultural prosthetics: four tales of opulence, poverty and grotesque empathy from the Weimar RepublicFirst published in 1924, Fantastic Orgy is most notable for its title story, an account of a drinking rout organized for maimed beggars in honor of a sideshow attraction, a mechanical woman doomed to early death through disintegration from entertaining the masses-a depiction of a robotic woman preceding by several years Fritz Lang's less sympathetic presentation in Metropolis. All four stories, however, explore the emotional and material needs of a crippled society, the economic trap of poverty and the hypocritical righteousness of charity. Like an etching by Georg Grosz or Otto Dix translated into literary form, Alexander Frey presents the troubling, at times fantastical notion of a prosthetic humanity for damaged times.Alexander M. Frey (1881-1957) was a German author whose antiwar novel Die Pflasterkästen (The Cross Bearers) is considered by some critics to be superior to All Quiet on the Western Front. Frey refused to join the National Socialist Party, despite having served as a medic in the trenches of World War I alongside dispatcher Adolf Hitler, and fled Germany during World War II.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Maimed beggars, female automatons, cultural prosthetics: four tales of opulence, poverty and grotesque empathy from the Weimar RepublicFirst published in 1924, Fantastic Orgy is most notable for its title story, an account of a drinking rout organized for maimed beggars in honor of a sideshow attraction, a mechanical woman doomed to early death through disintegration from entertaining the masses-a depiction of a robotic woman preceding by several years Fritz Lang's less sympathetic presentation in Metropolis. All four stories, however, explore the emotional and material needs of a crippled society, the economic trap of poverty and the hypocritical righteousness of charity. Like an etching by Georg Grosz or Otto Dix translated into literary form, Alexander Frey presents the troubling, at times fantastical notion of a prosthetic humanity for damaged times.Alexander M. Frey (1881-1957) was a German author whose antiwar novel Die Pflasterkästen (The Cross Bearers) is considered by some critics to be superior to All Quiet on the Western Front. Frey refused to join the National Socialist Party, despite having served as a medic in the trenches of World War I alongside dispatcher Adolf Hitler, and fled Germany during World War II.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Maimed beggars, female automatons, cultural prosthetics: four tales of opulence, poverty and grotesque empathy from the Weimar RepublicFirst published in 1924, Fantastic Orgy is most notable for its title story, an account of a drinking rout organized for maimed beggars in honor of a sideshow attraction, a mechanical woman doomed to early death through disintegration from entertaining the massesa depiction of a robotic woman preceding by several years Fritz Langs less sympathetic presentation in Metropolis. All four stories, however, explore the emotional and material needs of a crippled society, the economic trap of poverty and the hypocritical righteousness of charity. Like an etching by Georg Grosz or Otto Dix translated into literary form, Alexander Frey presents the troubling, at times fantastical notion of a prosthetic humanity for damaged times.Alexander M. Frey (18811957) was a German author whose antiwar novel Die Pflasterkaesten (The Cross Bearers) is considered by some critics to be superior to All Quiet on the Western Front. Frey refused to join the National Socialist Party, despite having served as a medic in the trenches of World War I alongside dispatcher Adolf Hitler, and fled Germany during World War II. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frey, Alexander M. German translation by Richard and Clara Winston. THE STOUT-HEARTED CAT. A Fable for Cat Lovers. New York: Henry Holtand Company (1947). FIRST EDITION. Drawings by Hans Fischer. 138pp, 12mo (4 1/2" wide x 7 1/2" tall). Black imprint, brown cloth (hardcover).Illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket discolored and shows wear. Unmarked, clean and tightly bound. In good or better condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Tight clean book unmarked but for inscription to front endpaper; in glossy dust jacket.; 11.3 X 8.7 X 0.3 inches; 32 pages. Reichstein, Alexander (illustrator).

Condition: New. In English.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 222 S. : graph. Darst. ; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber und kann entsprechende Merkmale aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.). Neben dem oben aufgeführten Aufsatz befinden sich auch weitere Beiträge auch anderer Autoren in dem Werk. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 340.…

255 pp.; 25.5 x 20.8 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Issue 55 of Parkett, edited by Bice Curiger. Contents include: Editorial: "Pavel Pepperstein: The Artist as a Subculture," by Boris Groys; "Universal Wisdom at the Bewitching Hour on Private TV," by Rudolf Schmidtz; Ed Ruscha: "Ed Ruscha's Illuminated Manuscripts," by Jeff Perrone; "Critters Crave Salt," by Jennifer Higgie; "Ed Ruscha's Modern Language," by Howard Singerman; "White-Out," by Katja Schenker; "The Ballad of Ed Ruscha," by Joe Scanlan; Edition for Parkett: Ed Ruscha;" Andreas Slominski: "Berlin Detours," by Nancy Spector; "Mousedomes at the Periphery of Peopledom," by Patrick Frey; "Wordless," by Julian Heynen; a conversation between Bettina Funcke, Jens Hoffmann, and Boris Groys; Edition for Parkett: Andreas Slominski; Sam Taylor-Wood: "Sustaining the Antagonism. On "Five Revolutionary Seconds," by Elisabeth Bronfen; "Sliding.S-Sam Taylor-Wood's Invention of the Dialogue," by Francesco Bonami; "The Soliloquious Vision," by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth; Edition for Parkett: Sam Taylor-Wood. "Cumulous aus Europa," by Michelle Nicol; "Cumulous from America," by Suely Rolnik; "Garderobe:" "Artist's Monographs & Editions" "Editions for Parkett No. 55 (With Prices). Insert by Kara Walker. Spine No. 55-57 designed by Louise Bourgeois from "ODE A MA MERE," 1995, one of a series of 9 drypoint etchings. Text in English and German. Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of cover edges, and light bumping of cover corners, otherwise Fine. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight of this publication additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. About half the pages are lightly underlined in pencil; Age-toned end papers, else textblock clean and tight; Slightly age toned page edges, small and faint red remainder marked bottom edge; Lightly character-soiled boards; Lacks dust jacket; 140p. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hans Fischer (illustrator). Hardcover. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Hardcover. Brown cloth. "First printing." Translated from the German. 140pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w by Hans Fischer. Very good. Dust jacket bit edge-worn with a couple small chips. Spine darkened. Hans Fischer (illustrator).…