Benjamin Walter Edited Marcus Bullock (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. NEW: First Edition (Orig. 1999) First Printing: NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW jet-black library-durable coated linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW blued-gray end-papers on light card-stock (Marred only by a discrete name penned in the inside-front upper-right corner), IMMACULATE unmarked smooth-cut text-block exterior MARRED only by moderate incidence of slight rust-spotting, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 2.06", 1.36 kg, x+870 (880) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse & mourning political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic & public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of "Selected Writings", covering the years 1927 to 1934, displays the full spectrum of Benjamin's achievements at this pivotal stage in his career. Previously concerned chiefly w/ literary theory, Benjamin during these Years does pioneering work in new areas, from the study of popular Culture (a discipline he virtually created) to theories of the media & the visual arts. His writings on the theory of modernity--most of them new to readers of English--develop ideas as important to an understanding of the 20th century as an contained in his widely anthologized essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproducibility.This volume brings together previously untranslated writings on major figures such as Brecht, Valéry & Gide, & on subjects ranging from film, radio, & the novel to memory, kitsch, & the theory of language. We find the manifoldly inquisitive Benjamin musing on the new modes of perception opened tip by techniques of photographic enlargement & cinematic montage, on the life & work of & Goethe at Weimar, on the fascination of old toys & the mysteries of food, & on the allegorical significance of Mickey Mouse. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus. Second Printing. cloth, Volume 1 ONLY.; hardcover in dust jacket.,no flaws, clean, tightly bound, no writing, markings, tears, etc.; first volume in 4 vol. set comprising the selected writings.,vii- 520pp., contains over 65 separate pieces - essays, articles, reviews, outlines, letters. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Date on title page. No additional edition or printing indicated. Fine, if not new hardback in fine if not new unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Ten leaves have 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch dog-ears to upper fore-edge corner.