Translated Literature
Family Album
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1991. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 191 pp. Translated from the Spanish by Amanda Hopkinson. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers, cover art woodblock by Naúl Ojeda. Signed by Alegría on the front free endpaper. Family Album was first published..... More
Divine Filth: Lost Writings by Georges Bataille
n.p. Creation Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.5 in. 165 pp. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Creation Modern Classics No.6. From Bataille's private notebooks, this prose is translated into English by Mark Spitzer. More
Edad Oscura Americana: La Fase Final del Imperio
Madrid, Spain: Sextopiso, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 505 pp. Translated from the English to the Spanish by Eduardo Rabasa. Text in Spanish. Originally published under the title "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire." More
And Never Said a Word
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 195 pp. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Originally published in German as "Und sagte kein einziges Wort" by Kiepenheuer & Witsch (Cologne), 1953. More
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 140 pp. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. Originally published in German as "Die Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum" by Kipenheuer & Witsch (Cologne), 1974. More
The Plague
New York: Modern Library, 1962. Early 1960's Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 7.25 x 5 in. 278 pp. This is an early printing of the 1960s Modern Library Edition. Lists 415 titles to verso of dust jacket. More
Gold: The Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter
London: Peter Owen, 1982. First Thus. Paperback. Small octavo. 5 x 7.5 in. 128 pp. Translated from the French by Nina Rootes. More
Crosscut Universe: Writing on Writing from France
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 160 pp. Translated from the French by Norma Cole. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
Fighting Auschwitz: The Resistance Movement in the Concentration Camp
London: Orbis Books, 1994. 1994 Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. xi, 327 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Inscribed by Garlinski on the title page. Originally published as Fighting Auschwitz in 1974 by Odnova Ltd. in Polish. More
Sandro of Chegem
New York: Random House, 1983. First American Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. viii, 368 pp. Translated from the Russian by Susan Brownsberger. Very good in original pictorial wrappers, previous ownership signature to the front free endpaper. More
Satantango
New York: New Directions, 2012. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 274 pp. Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes. Near fine in original decorated black cloth, mild soiling speckled onto boards. More
Mipam: The First Tibetan Novel
Berkeley, CA: SLG Books, 2000. Roger Williams. 2000 Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. xviii,340 +[6] pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white with reproductions of woodblock prints by Roger Williams. More
The Magic Mountain
New York: Knopf, 1995. First Thus. Hardcover. Quarto. 6.5 x 9.5 in. x, 706 pp. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. Fine in original black cloth and near fine pictorial dust jacket, two minor waterstained corner spots only visible on interior. More
A Book of Memories
London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Thick octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 706 pp. Translated from the Hungarian by Ivan Sanders and Imre Goldstein. Originally published in Hungary as "Emélkiratok könyve" in 1986. More
Fire and Knowledge: Fiction and Essays
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 392 pp. Translated from the Hungarian by Irme Goldstein. More
Lion Cross Point
San Francisco, CA: Two Lines Press, 2018. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 121 pp. Translated from the Japanese by Angus Turvill. Inscribed by Ono on the title page. This marks the English debut of an acclaimed winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Originally published..... More
The Blue Lantern: Stories
New York: New Directions, 1997. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 179 pp. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. More
Feu Central de Benjamin Péret
Paris, France: Collection le quadrangle, 1947. First Trade Edition. Paperback. Quarto. 7.5 x 9.75 in. 101 pp. Complete, with four black & white plates by Yves Tanguy. Good in original lettered wrappers, binding is tender, minor losses to extremities due to age. From a limited edition of 800 numbered copies..... More
Immortal Love
London: Virago Press, 1995. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 4.75 x 7.5 in. 348 pp. Translated from the Russian by Sally Laird. Originally published in Russian in 1988. A good reading copy. More
The Translations of Ezra Pound
New York: New Directions, 1953. 1950's Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in.408 pp. This copy is undated, but would seem to be from the 1953 printing by publisher James Laughlin, which followed the original 1951 printing. More
No Place for Heroes
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 272 pp. Translated from the Spanish by Ernesto Mestre-Reed. Fine in original two-tone paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Restrepo on the title page. More
The Duino Elegies
Manchester: Carcanet, 1989. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 102 pp. Translated from the German by Stephen Cohn. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of artwork by Elisabeth Frink. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Originally published in German as "Duineser Elegien" in 1923..... More
Pan and the Nightmare: Two Essays
Zurich: Spring Publications, 1974. Second Unrevised Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. lxiii, 88 pp. First essay translated from the German by A.V. O'Brien. Very good in original lettered wrappers, minor rubbing to extremities. Includes two essays entitled "Ephialtes: A Pathological-Mythological Treatise on the Nightmare in Classical Antiquity" (Roscher..... More