Translated Guy Endore (5 results)

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Plates (illustrator). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. G/No Dustjacket. (1928). . Cloth. 8vo., 226 pp., spine faded, rubbed, bumped, page toning .

Cloth Backed Boards. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Berg, Yngve (illustrator). No. 736 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated boards; slight fading to top edge front cover; corners are cloth tipped. Spine label. Gilt edged page tops. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Measures 7 1/4 x 10 3/4. Having served in the French Navy the author writes about the sea from first hand experience.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Hardcover with white cloth spine with blue-green title panel with gilt lettering; boards covered in paper decorated with fish; corners in white cloth; b&w illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Vngve Berg. Book in very good plus condition: spine moderately darkened and with slight scuffing and soiling; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good plus condition with some discoloration, splits and wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor dj. First American Edition. (price-clipped) [minor shelfwear only to book, a bit of discoloration to endpapers in gutters; the jacket, unfortunately, has a couple of large chips at the top of the front panel (one of which extends across the top of the spine and a bit into the rear panel), with considerable wear, a number of tears, and some additional paper loss at several places; we will of course provide a new mylar jacket protector, to hold the poor thing together and prevent further damage]. This scarce memoir is "the record of [the author's] first thirty years; of his amusing boyhood attempts at writing, crime detection, and journalism; of his amazing scoops which spread consternation in every Chancellery of Central Europe; of his keen sense of detection and knowledge of criminal methods which led to the apprehension of murderers, robber gangs, and spies; of his enormous curiosity and his nose for news which smelled out stories where his colleagues had found nothing. More than a personal story, this book shows fresh glimpses of that lost world, the Austria-Hungary of the Hapsburgs, in the persons of the thieves and prostitutes, the journalists and writers, the politicians and princes that throng its pages." Kisch (1885-1948) began his journalistic career in 1906, on a German-language newspaper in his native Prague; he began writing a regular column in 1910 and soon became a local celebrity, exhibiting a particular interest in the downtrodden citizens of the city, with a literary style and social consciousness said to have been inspired by Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, and others. This memoir, as noted, covers just his first thirty years and therefore takes place largely in Prague. He was radicalized by his service in the Austrian Army during World War I; he deserted from the army in 1918 and became involved in left-wing politics, soon becoming a committed communist, living in Berlin although he remained a Czech citizen. He was a fierce opponent of Hitler and the Nazis (which landed him briefly in prison in the wake of the Reichstag Fire, prior to being booted out of Germany). His activities as both a journalist and an operative of the Communist International took him around the globe throughout the 1930s, and during World War II he lived primarily in Mexico (having been refused entry to the U.S.), where he was living when he completed this book.

Illustrated by Mahlan Blaine (illustrator). First U.S. Edition. Ewers' decadent tale of horror that blends science and the ancient mandrake myth. Born of a grotesque experiment, the enigmatic Alraune is a beautiful, soulless womansexually magnetic and morally voidcreated when Professor Jakob ten Brinken inseminates a prostitute with the seed of a hanged murderer. Considered Ewers' masterpiece, the story explores themes of artificial creation, moral decay, and psychological manipulation and influenced later horror literature. Striking black and white illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Bound black cloth over boards with red and gilt stamped spine and upper board, illustrated endpapers, and red topstain. Prior owner name on title page, initials on top edge of textblock. Light rubs and wear to extremities. Jacket has a few extremity chips, rubs, and shallow wear. Light toning to rear panel and spine. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. viii, 342 pages.