Lind Jakov Manheim (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition Thus. First Hill & Wang edition, 1986. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers. Binding square and tight. No loose pages or creasing to spine. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

paperback. Condition: Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. paperback.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A nice, bright copy. ; Open Letter Modern Classics; 5.46 X 0.59 X 8.52 inches; 190 pages.

Fine and and bright wraps with strong spine and clean text.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 150 pages. 8.54x5.46x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 190 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Mass-market paperback. 190 p.; 21 cm. From Wikipedia: "Jakov Lind (born Heinz Jakov Landwirth, 10 February 1927 in Vienna 16 February 2007 in London) was an Austrian-British writer. Lind's father was picked up and arrested by the Gestapo. His mother managed to find a place for Lind and two sisters on a "Kindertransport" bound to Holland. As a child of 11 years in Holland, Lind stayed initially in a children home in the Hague with his two sisters, but the siblings were separated and Lind moved in with a foster family. After the Nazi invasion of Holland, the situation became difficult for the family and Lind had to leave. Lind was able to obtain a false identity card. Assuming this identity, Lind worked in different jobs in Holland, and Germany. In 1945, he made his way to Haifa. In 1954, he settled in London, where he wrote, in German, the short stories and novels on which his stature as a major European writer is based: Soul of Wood, Landscape in Concrete, and Ergo. Good. Cover has some wear and soiling.…

Condition: New. pp. 208.

Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). 2nd Printing. Ex-library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, and marks; Tape-stained end pages from the jacket at one time being attached; Textblock clean and tight; Library stamped bottom edge; Minimal bumping to head/heel of spine; Unclipped dust jacket lightly edge worn, minor tape stains to the turn-ins; 190p.; Macabre stories of murder, incest, cannibalism and more murder, sprinkled with occasional humor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy has little corner bumping or edge wear. Some rubbing of the covers. Interior text has some light shadowing but clean and tight in binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st UK edition, ex library, library markings, tape residue marks etc.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 208 pages. 8.25x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 186pp.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Grove Press, New York, 1966. First American edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($4.50) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Translated from the German by Manheim. Fiction-L.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U. K. Edition. Very Good ++ In A Very Good Jacket With Light Handling Wear Pp 190.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good_. 2nd Printing. 190pp. 8.2 inches. Grey textured cloth, silver titles. Book about as new, faint speckle of foxing to tops only, and internally pristine. In original pictorial jacket, vg with edgewear and nicks to top of spine and folds. Translated from German by Ralph Manheim. The Austrian-born writer was acclaimed for his first novel, Soul of Wood, and in this one returns to a Europe in the final hour of its agony as the war draws to its close, focusing on a Wehrmacht sergeant whose madness, as fearful as it is grotesque, serves as a symbol of a world gone berserk. 400g. (German, Language, Literature, World War 2) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. pp 185. First Edition Thus. Large format paperback. Signed presentation from the author on front endpaper,' For Malcolm Bradbury. Jakov'. Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury CBE (7 September 1932 27 November 2000) was a British novelist ('The History Man') academic and writer on English and American literature. ISBN:9780413578501 Very slight rubbing, otherwise near very good+. Signedes.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 190p. ; 21 cm. Notes: Translation of Eine Seele aus Holz. Subjects: Fiction in German 1945 ; Translations into English. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 190p. ; 21 cm. Notes: Translation of Eine Seele aus Holz. Subjects: Fiction in German 1945 ; Translations into English. 1 Kg. …