1. 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)].

2. [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.

3. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Dve prazske povidky. [Zwei Prager Geschichten] Preklad Jan Löwenbach.

Erste tschechische Ausgabe. Praha / Prague, Nakladem J. Otty V Praze, 1908. Small Octavo. 123 Seiten. Hier liegen beide Einbandvarianten dieser seltenen Rilke – Erstausgabe vor. Original Hardcover und die Ausgabe in illustrierter Broschur. Beide Ausgaben in Mylar. First Czech translation of the “Zwei Prager Geschichten.” / Erste tschechische Ausgabe von Rilke’s “Zwei Prager Geschichten” / Das Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt der Hardcover-Ausgabe etwas angeraendert. / Very fresh rather stunning binding of the Hardcover-edition ! Very good+, with some fraying to the brittle endpaper and titlepage. / Both binding-variations of this very rare Rilke publication / Signed by a preowner (not Rilke) on the cover of the softcover-edition.

4. Zweig, Stefan.

De Legende van de derde Duif.

Amsterdam-Antwerpen, Wereldbibliotheek-Vereniging, 1952. Klein-8°. 12 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Aus der Bibliothek Harry Zohn. Gering stockfleckig. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen, äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren.

5. Schmidt, Arno.

The Egghead Republic – a Short Novel from the Horse Latitudes. English version by Michael Horovitz. Edited by Ernst Krawehl and Marion Boyars.

London / Boston, Marion Boyars, 1982. Octavo. 164 pages. Original Softcover. Cover Design by Imre Reiner. Some foxing to edges. Interior a little dusty. Otherwise in good condition.

6. Schmidt, Arno.

Scenes from the Life of a Faun – A Short Novel. Translated by John E. Woods.

London / New York, Marion Boyars, 1983. Octavo. 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing to edges. Otherwise in excellent condition. Private gift-inscription to endpaper.

7. Schmidt, Arno.

Radio Dialogs I – Radio Dialogs II. Translated from the German and with an Introduction by John E.Woods.

Copenhagen / Los Angeles, Green Integer, 1999 – 2003. Small-Octavo. 379, 405 pages. Original Softcover. Some foxing to edges. Otherwise in very good condition.

8. Schmidt, Arno.

Mein Herz gehört dem Kopf. Ein Dokumentarfilm von Oliver Schwehm.

Deutschland, MFA-Film, 2014. Small-Octavo. Mit 52 – seitigem Booklet & 6 Postkarten Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand.

9. Schmidt, Arno.

Collected Stories. Translated by John E. Woods.

Normal (IL), Dalkey Archive Press, 1996. Octavo. XIII, 306 pages. Original Softcover. Some foxing to edges. Otherwise in excellent condition.