Translated Literature
Hell Screen, Cogwheels, A Fool's Life
Hygiene, CO: Eridanos Press / Rizzoli, 1987. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.75 in. xx, 145 pp. Translated from the Japanese by Takashi Kojima, Cid Corman, Susumu Kamaike and Will Peterson. Foreword translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger. The Eridanos Library 2. 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
She Woke Me Up So I Killed Her
San Francisco, CA: Cadmus, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 91 pp. Collection includes thirty years of Bowles' translations including stories by Jorge Luis Borges, Ramón Sender, Ramón de la Serna, Giorgio de Chirico, and thirteen others. More
The White Guard
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 320 pp. Translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny. While only very good, this is still a handsome copy in bright boards. 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
The Alchemist: A Fable about Following Your Dream
New York / San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.5 in. 177 pp. Translated from the Portuguese by Alan R. Clarke. This is the first English language edition. Originally published in 1988 as "O Alquimista" in Portuguese by Editora Rocco (Rio de..... 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
The Map and the Territory
New York: Knopf, 2012. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.75 x 9.5 in. 269 pp. Translated from the French by Gavin Bowd. Winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt Award. Originally published as "La carte et la territoire" by Flammarion (Paris), 2010. More
I Served the King of England
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 243 pp. Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson. Originally published as "Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále." More
Against the Grain
Paris: Groves and Michaux, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8 in. xxxi, 299 pp. From a limited edition printing issued prior to the official "first" publication in 1931. The title page boldy identifies it as the "book that Dorian Gray loved and that Inspired Oscar Wilde." 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
My Discovery of America
London: Modern Voices, 2005. First Thus. Paperback. Octavo. 5 x 7.75 in. xviii, 138 pp. Translated from the Russian by Neil Cornwell. More
![The Novel [Two Volume Set]. Franco MORETTI](/pictures/thumb/2837.jpg?v=1614651810)
The Novel [Two Volume Set]
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. x, 916 pp.; x, 950 pp. This two volume set of The Novel is a multi-authored reference selection from the original five volume work, published in Italian as "Il romanzo." Volume One: History, Geography..... 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
Antilyrik & Other Poems (Green Integer 73)
Kobenhaven / Los Angeles, CA: Green Integer, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 4.25 x 6 in. 154 pp. Translated from the Czech by Jerome Rothenberg and Milos Sovak. 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
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