Translated Literature
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 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
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
Forever Flowing
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Perennial Library Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 5.25 x 8 in. 247 pp. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. "Forever Flowing" was Grossman's last major work before his death in 1964. First published in Russian (1970) as Vse Techet. 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
Desire for a Beginning, Dread of One Single End
New York: Granary Books, 2001. First Thus. Paperback. Duodecimo. 4.25 x 7 in. 51 pp. Translated from the French by Rosmarie Waldrop. Originally published in French in 2001. More
Yugoslav Short Stories
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 4 x 6 in. xix, 380 pp. This World's Classic edition No. 608 offers eighteen stories representing all five nations that make up the former Yugoslavia. Jacket design by Dusan Ristic. 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
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
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
The Doll
Budapest: Central European University Press, 1996. First Thus. Paperback. Thick octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. xv, 683 pp. Translated from the Polish by David Welsh, revised by Dariusz Tolczyk and Anna Zaranko. Originally published in Polish as Lalka (1890) and first published in English as The Doll by Twayne Publishers..... More
In Desert and Wilderness
Amsterdam: Fredonia Books, 2001. 2001 Reprint. Paperback. Octavo. 5 x 8 in. 452 pp. Translated from the Polish by Max A. Drezmal. Originally published in 1912. More
St. Orpheus Breviary, Vol. I: Marginalia on Casanova
New York: Contra Mundum Press, 2012. First Thus. Paperback. Octavo. 5 x 8 in. 317 pp. Translated from the Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson. Originally published in Hungary by Kecskeméti Hírlapkiadó (1939). More
War and Peace
New York: Knopf, 2007. First Thus. Hardcover. Thick octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. xviii, 1273 pp. Translated from the Russian by Pevear and Volokhonsky. More