111. Atwood, Margaret.

Collection of four important association copies of poetry by Margaret Atwood (plus two signed Novels), given to her friend Jerome Hamilton Buckley, influential Professor of English Literature. All four association copies in first edition and all beautifully inscribed. The Novel only signed. The collection includes: 1. The Animals in that Country (1968 / Hardcover) [Signed and with the printed dedication “For J.” and a personal inscription on the halftitle to Jerome Buckley] / 2. The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 3. You are Happy (1973 / Hardcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 4. Murder in the Dark – Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed]. / 5. The collection also includes a signed copy of Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” (1993 / Softcover) / 6. The collection also includes a signed and inscribed copy of “The Tent” (signed as “Margaret Atwood”).

Toronto / New York, Oxford University Press / Harper & Row / Coach House Press / Doubleday, 1968 – 1993. Octavo. 69, 64, 96, 62, 466, 155 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover – publications with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. All inscriptions beautifully signed as Peggy or Peggy A. or in one case even Peggy Atwood.

112. Mann, Thomas / Hermann Wolf.

Der Tod in Venedig. Novelle. [Wahre Erstausgabe der Novelle “Tod in Venedig” / True First Edition of “Death in Venice” in: Die Neue Rundschau. XXIIIter Jahrgang der freien Bühne].

Zwei Bände (vollständig). Berlin, S.Fischer, 1912. Gross-Oktav (18 cm x 25 cm). Die Erstausgabe von Mann’s Meisterwerk befindet sich auf den Seiten 1368-1398 und 1499-1526 des zweiten Bandes der Neuen Rundschau, jeweils in der Oktober-Ausgabe und November-Ausgabe des Jahrgangs 1912 [Potempa – E26.2]. Original Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament der originalen Verlagsbindung mit den wunderbaren Vorsatzblättern. Exemplar mit Besitzvermerk des Vorbesitzers Hermann Wolf in Band 2. Wolf hat seinen Namen auf die Innenseite des Vorsatzblattes des 2.Bandes signiert. Band 2 mit Schaden am oberen Kapital (siehe Photos). Beide Bände generell in guter bis sehr guter Erhaltung mit einigen, rein äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren und nachgedunkelten Einbandrücken. Innen durchgehend sauber mit ganz wenigen, nur vereinzelt auftretenden Stockfleckchen und kleinen Läsuren an drei Seiten. Obwohl Ausgaben der Neuen Rundschau gelegentlich auf dem deutschen Antiquariatsmarkt angeboten werden, ist der komplette Jahrgang 1912, in der wunderbaren Halbpergament-Ausgabe, von grosser Seltenheit und ein “Muss” für jeden Thomas Mann-Sammler. Die Luxus-Ausgabe der Novelle (Hyperionverlag) erschien erst nach der Publikation des Schlusskapitels in der Neuen Rundschau.

113. Schmidt, Arno.

Collection of 73 publications by and on eminent german writer Arno Schmidt / Sammlung mit 73 Titeln von und über den bedeutenden deutschen Schriftsteller Arno Schmidt. / The collection comes from the private collection of an Arno Schmidt-aficionado and includes most of the important publications in german and english language. In addition also some audiobooks, documentary film and Literary Criticism. / Die Sammlung stammt aus der Privatbibliothek eines Arno Schmidt-Enthusiasten und enthält nahezu alle bedeutenden Werke von und über Arno Schmidt und neben den Hauptwerken ausserdem den Dokumentarfilm sowie zahlreiche Hörbücher.

[More than 90 Volumes in total]. Frankfurt / Zurich / Bargfeld, Hoffmann & Campe / S.Fischer / Haffmanns / Arno-Schmidt-Stiftung, c.1971 – 2016. Diverse Formate: Octavo / Folio / Quarto. Mehr als 20000 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Original Softcover. Besides some minor signs of external wear to some of the Volumes, some mild foxing etc., the collection is overall in either very good or excellent condition. Please see detailed and extensive photographic evidence of the collection on our website. [The price for this heavy and opulent collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Express Courier (2 – 7 days of international express-shipping per UPS Express Saver)].

114. [100 Years Buddenbrooks in America] Mann, Thomas.

Buddenbrooks. [First American Edition in stunning condition with an amazing, signed Letter by Thomas Mann, thanking an admirer for reflecting on reading his masterpiece “Buddenbrooks”. Signed on 21st of June 1940, on personalized stationery of Thomas Mann from Princeton, New Jersey, Mann wrote: “Thank you for writing to me and for telling me that you liked ‘Buddenbrooks’ when you read it recently at Colby College. It gave me pleasure, too, to know that you heard my daughter Erika lecture and had ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ yourself. With all good wishes, yours sincerely. Thomas Mann” ]. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter [American Translator Mrs. Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter].

Two Volumes (complete set). New York, Knopf, 1924. Octavo. 389, 359 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original dustjackets in breathtaking condition (now in protective collector’s Mylar). Unusually Fine condition with the meaningful letter by Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann.

115. Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: “The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra” and an “Advertisement concerning the Plates”].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

116. Amado, Jorge / Borges, Jorge Luis / Garcia Marquez, Gabriel / Allende, Isabel / Vargas Llosa, Mario / Anderson-Imbert, Enrique / Benitez, Antonio / Torres Bodet, Jaime / Guillen, Nicolas / Reyes, Alfonso / Ocampo, Maria Luisa / Puig, Manuel / Lezama Lima, Jose / Valenzuela, Luisa / Ignacio Taibo II, Ignacio / and many others.

Amazing Collection with more than 400 Volumes of rare, out-of-print and often signed or inscribed books of 20th century Latin American Literature, with first editions, signed editions by writers from Cuba, Argentinia, Peru, Mexico, Colombia and also some authors from Spain and Portugal. Each publication within the collection is beautifully photographed. The collection includes signed and inscribed books by nearly all major authors associated with Magical Realism. Some are excellent association copies.

La Habana / New York / Buenos Aires / Madrid / Paris / London / Boston / and others, c.1923 – 1999. Octavo. More than 50000 pages. Hardcover and Softcover, mostly in original dustjackets or printed wrappers in Mylar. Very good condition. The price for the collection includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Express Saver (3 -4 working days).