9780151287710 - the Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Kapuscinski, Ryszard (17 results)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. Good condition in good dj. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, and 6 pages of light notation in the text. Otherwise, clean and unworn. Binding square and tight. 164 pp. African, Ethiopia, History, 0151287716.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 1983, 1st edition. Dust jacket and boards in fine condition. Binding firm. Slight foxing to top edge. Pages unmarked and clean. (164 pages).
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With Bcdef (Flush Left Layout With A Never Present) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York, 1983. Book Condition: Very Good.Light Gray Boards, Black Cloth Spine With Silver Letters. A Bit Of Sunning On Edges Of Top & Bottom O…f Boards. Pages Bright White And Tightly Bound. Feels Never Read. Dust Jacket; Fair To Good. Small Crinkle And 1/4" Taped Tears On Top Edge Off Dj Near Spine Side.Dust Jacket Starting To Tan Underneath Edges. Original Price Inside Flap.Jacket Gloss Finish, Jacket Design By Bob Silverman. Translated By William R. Brand And Katarzyna Mrockowska-Brand. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Inside Pages Clean, Bright, And Tightly Bound. (See Photos) (394-P).
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. San Diego. 1983. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151287716. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand & Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. 180 pages. hardcover. Jacket photo: United Press Inte…rnational. Jacket design by Bob Silverman. keywords: Africa Ethiopia History Biography. DESCRIPTION - 'The Emperor is the nightmare that men of power dream when they are most alone. It is a bone-chilling, brilliant tale, as precise in its cut-glass literary style as in its political insights. Taut, yet brimming with aphorism, it is the ultimate re-creation of power in decay.' - Alvin Toffler. After Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974, Ryszard Kapuscinski - Poland's top foreign correspondent - went to Ethiopia to piece together a firsthand account of how the Emperor governed his country and why he fell from power. At great risk to himself, Kapuscinski interviewed members of the imperial circle who had gone into hiding. The result is this remarkable book, an extraordinary study of power anywhere. Humorous and grotesque, acute and moving, the stories of the Emperor's servants and associates portray a man utterly determined to preserve autocratic rule. They tell how he established a network of informants, pitted potential rivals against one another, cultivated his image as sole benefactor. The eyewitnesses describe autocracy's strengths and autocracy's flaws, the people around the Emperor who were 'on their knees - but with knives.' When The Emperor was published in Poland in 1978, it was widely viewed as an allegory of dictatorship in general. Critics saw its publication as a key event in shaping the consensus for reform in Poland, and the book spawned a score of stage adaptations in 1981 alone. Whether read as historical documentary or political allegory, The Emperor is a dazzling literary performance. inventory #4944.
THE EMPEROR: DOWNFALL OF AN AUTOCRAT - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
Kapuscinski, Ryszard (Translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand)
Language: English
Published by New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, 1983
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Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.ModernRare
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 164 pages. Published in 1978. The author's first book to be translated into English. One of the greatest books of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with al…l other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Ryszard Kapuscinski's "The Emperor" in a felicitous English translation. The Fall of an absolute monarch. As The Last Emperor of the Solomonic Dynasty whose lineage goes all the way back to Biblical times, Emperor Haile Selassi remains, even after the humiliation of being arrested, tortured, and eventually killed, a divine figure to this day, worshipped as God Incarnate ("The Messiah") by the Jamaican/Rastafarian faith. The latter's most famous disciple, Bob Marley, was incidentally himself the greatest Jamaican figure of the 20th century, autocratic in his own way. "Transcends reportage, becoming a nightmare of power" (Salman Rushdie). Kapuscinski is not a journalist in the Anglo-American sense. He writes what his admirers worldwide have described as literary journalism, which is not to be confused with the American New Journalism (of writers like Tom Wolfe) because his methods, subject, and tragic worldview are the exact opposite. He deploys his literary mastery to document the rise, decline, and collapse of authoritarian regimes around the world - only to be replaced, in the case of Ethiopia, ironically and tragically, by an even more ruthless, totalitarian dictatorship: Among other crimes, the diabolical Marxist regime of Mengistu Mariam committed genocide against his own people. Prompting comparison with Kafka, Kapuscinski's literary journalism is unique in that none of his accounts has an ending in the conventional sense: His narratives simply end, inconclusively and abruptly, on an unresolved, often jarring note. Which is something that writers of TIME Magazine or The New York Times would never do, neatly wrapping things up instead for the sake of an artificially satisfying story. An absolute "must-have" title for Ryszard Kapuscinski collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. HBJ identified true firsts at the time with the statement ("First Edition") followed by a letter line that begins with the letter B. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest journalist-writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0151287716. no.
The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat
Ryszard Kapuscinski; William R. Brand [Translator]; Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand [Translator];
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hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First American Edition. Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1983. FINE- hardcover book in FINE- mylar-protected, slightly shelf-rubbed dust-jacket. Remainder marked, otherwise as new. Text in English. First US Edition, First Printing.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition.
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Published by Harcourt Brace and Company, Orlando, FL, 1983
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Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, CanadaLower Beverley Better Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Translated from the Polish by William Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. Book was originally published in Polish as' Cesarz ' in 1978. Black cloth spine has silver gilt text. Spine ends are lightly rubbed, some color has bled from top of… spine onto inside of DJ. Top edge sunned. Price clipped DJ has edge wear at spine ends, moisture stain across top of front panel. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 143739. Bob Silverman (jacket design) (illustrator).
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Published by Helen & Kurt Wolff - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983
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Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60066702: 1983. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 164 pages. Envoi manuscrit d'auteur inconnu en page de garde. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. the story surrounding the deposing of emperor haile selassie of ethiopia in 1974. PON.
