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  • LEVIN'S MILL. by Bobrowski, Johannes (1917-1965)
    Bobrowski, Johannes (1917-1965)
    LEVIN'S MILL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd , (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning writer, best known for his poetry, set in a West Prussian village in 1874, it "tells the story of the narrator's grandfather, who plots and schemes to ruin the Jewish newcomer who has built a mill downstream from him." Translated from the German by Janet Cropper. 230 pp plus 2 pp ads. ISBN: 0-714500208.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (the usual toning to the pages, otherwise an as new, unread copy) .

    Book ID: 66990
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  • AN HONOURABLE DEFEAT: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945. by Gill, Anton.
    Gill, Anton.
    AN HONOURABLE DEFEAT: A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945.

    Edition: Full size book club edition.

    New York: Henry Holt, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - Based on interviews with the few survivors and their families, this is a comprehensive look at those who resisted the power of Hitler and the Nazis from inside Germany. "The numbers are small. Scattered across the landscape that was Nazi Germany, the Resistance looks puny: too little, too late. And yet, in the context of a police state, it assumes larger proportions. For those who have never known life under such a regime, it is hard to grasp the daily terror that makes an act of political graffiti a capital offense, that labels resistance 'treason.' " Illustrated with maps and photographs, with a chart of resistance groups. Includes chronology, a 'who's who', notes, bibliography and index. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-805035141.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 39530
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  • THE STOENBERG AFFAIR. by Goodwin, Ralph A.
    Goodwin, Ralph A.
    THE STOENBERG AFFAIR.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Sully and Kleinteich, 1913. Hardcover first edition - Intrigue and romance in a small Germany dukedom in the years just preceding the firsts World War. Apparently his first and only novel (or maybe just the only one written under this pseudonym) . Illustrated with a frontispiece (with a tissue guard) and three glossy plates by H. Richard Boehm. 306 pp. ISBN: my18.

    Condition: Very good in olive green illustrated boards, stamped in black and white, with lettering in gilt (rubbing to lettering on spine. usual light toning to the pages, but otherwise tight and clean and quite attractive.) Quite uncommon - perhaps due to the fact that Sully and Kleinteich was a new publishing firm, and Goodwin a new author.

    Book ID: 52706
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  • HUNGER WAS THEIR HERITAGE. by Grein, Ludwig (1896-1966)
    Grein, Ludwig (1896-1966)
    HUNGER WAS THEIR HERITAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pageant Press, (1952). Hardcover first edition - A novel loosely based on the author's experiences in Germany after the first World War and his immigration to America in 1925. Partially written to show the circumstances in Germany which helped to lead to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Review copy stamped on front endpaper with "publication date Feb 4, 1953" Uncommon. 207 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75931
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  • Hegi, Ursula
    STONES FROM THE RIVER

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Scribner, (1995.). A novel of Germany in the first half of the 20th century - a period of two devastating wars and uneasy years between. 525 pp. ISBN: 0-684-84477x.

    Condition: Very good..

    Book ID: 46979
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  • LIDL STADT ( LIDL TOWN ) by Immendorff, Jorg
    Immendorff, Jorg
    LIDL STADT ( LIDL TOWN )

    Edition: First US printing, a large format trade paperback. .

    New York: Anton Kern Gallery, (2001). First edition - Originally published in Germany in 1968, this edition was published on the occasion of the exhibition Lidl (Fluxus) Works and Recent Paintings, January 17 through February 17, 2001 at the Anton Kern Gallery. Illustrated throughout. Unpaginated (32 pp). ISBN: 188501323X.

    Condition: Fine in black and white stapled wrappers.

    Book ID: 62103
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  • SELECTED LATER POEMS OF MARIE LUISE KASCHNITZ. by Kaschnitz, Marie Luise, (1901-1974); Mueller, Lisel, translator, signed.
    Kaschnitz, Marie Luise, (1901-1974); Mueller, Lisel, translator, signed.
    SELECTED LATER POEMS OF MARIE LUISE KASCHNITZ.

    Edition: First printing.

    Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book length translation of this noted German poet's work into English - most of the poems are from the last two decades of her life, and many deal with confronting the past - that is, the years under Hitler and World War II. Bilingual edition with the original German on the verso, the English translation on the right. Introduction by the translater. SIGNED on the title page by Mueller and uncommon thus. A title in the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. xii, 111 pp. ISBN: 0-691-064423.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (short closed tear to back cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 55241
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  • THE HOLOCAUST: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945. by Levin, Nora.
    Levin, Nora.
    THE HOLOCAUST: The Destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945.

    Edition: Taiwan piracy.

    New York: Crowell, (1968) dj. Hardcover - An inexpensive printing of this detailed study not just of the events at the death camps themselves but of the factors which led up to them and also of the influence of the course of the war on the implementation of the "final solution." Illustrated with photographs. Notes, index. 769 pp.

    Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining to the outer edges of the textblock, printed on the usual very thin paper, short tears to dj edges. ).

    Book ID: 84603
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  • Mason, Anita.
    PERFECTION.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    Denver: Spinsters Ink Books, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Fascinating historical novel of the Anabaptists who, briefly in 16th century Germany, believing that the world was about to end, and heaven would be established on earth, set up their own 'heaven' in Munster only to have their kingdom become a place of terror and absolute rule. Far from being just an obscure historical incident, one can see that these religious fanatics have parallels in modern life. SIGNED by author on the title page. ISBN: 1-883523-540.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 30314
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  • AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories. by Nayman, Shira.
    Nayman, Shira.
    AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of three short stories and one novella in which the children of Holocaust victims and participants try to come to terms with family secrets and their past history. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 290 pp. ISBN: 978-0743292689.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 85103
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  • THE ICE QUEEN. by Neuhaus, Nele.
    Neuhaus, Nele.
    THE ICE QUEEN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, a story of revenge, power, and long-forgotten and covered up secrets from the end of World War II. "The body of 92-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. The autopsy reveals an old tattoo on the corpse's arm - a blood type marker once used by Hitler's SS. Two more, similar murders happen: one of a wheelchair-bound old lady in a nursing home, and one of a man with a cellar filled with Nazi paraphernalia - and slowly the connections between the victims becomes evident."…

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    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel featuring detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, a story of revenge, power, and long-forgotten and covered up secrets from the end of World War II. "The body of 92-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. The autopsy reveals an old tattoo on the corpse's arm - a blood type marker once used by Hitler's SS. Two more, similar murders happen: one of a wheelchair-bound old lady in a nursing home, and one of a man with a cellar filled with Nazi paraphernalia - and slowly the connections between the victims becomes evident." Translated from the German by Steven T. Murray. 329 pp. ISBN: 978-0312604264.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 87912
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  • MY WAR - AND AFTER. by Richards, Jodi.
    Richards, Jodi.
    MY WAR - AND AFTER.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.

    London: Minerva Press, (1996). SIGNED - An account first of all of the author's work - at just 17 - as a volunteer social worker in charge of the evacuees at Pixton Park (the home of Auberon Waugh's grandmother) and also of her work on air radar with the WAAF, the devastation she saw in Germany after the war, and more. SIGNED with the words "with my best wishes" and also inscribed on the first blank page. Illustrated with photographs. 153 pp. ISBN: 1-85863587x.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 71081
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  • COUPLINGS. by Schneider, Peter
    Schneider, Peter
    COUPLINGS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel to be translated into English, a story of the difficulties of love in pre-unification Berlin. Translated from the German by Philip Boehm. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-374130531.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 79106
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  • Schneider, Peter
    EDUARD'S HOMECOMING.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel to be translated into English. A story of post-Communist Berlin, this is an account of a German who had long lived in California with his American wife and 3 children, but in the aftermath of re-unification finds that he has inherited an apartment building in East Berlin and he decides to return to his native country only to find his property occupied by squatters and his American wife increasingly resistant to living in Germany. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-374146543.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30771
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  • Speyer, Leonora,editor.
    AMERICAN POETS: An Anthology of Contemporary Verse.

    Edition: First printing.

    Munchen [Munich]: Kurt Wolff (1923.). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon anthology, selected and edited by Speyer as a small representative collection for the poets and poetry lovers of Germany - includes the works of most of the significant poets of the time - Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Stevens, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincetn Millay, Conrad Aiken, Edgar Lee Masters, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Sara Teasdale, William Carlos Williams, Elinor Wylie - and others, such as Adelaide Crapsey and Lola Ridge, not so well remembered. Unusual in the number of women poets included. Introduction by Speyer. Bibliography. 133 pp. A lovely production, slightly oversized, three-quarters red leather binding with green and red marbelized boards, ribbon marker bound in.

    Condition: Very good condition overall - spine somewhat darkened and worn at extremeties, partial crack to front board, contents just about fine.

    Book ID: 36814
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  • Walser, Martin.
    THE INNER MAN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1984). dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by one of Germany's 'most articulate and socially aware' writers. Translated from German by Leila Vennewitz. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0593735.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32947
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  • JUST BETWEEN THEMSELVES: A Book about Dichtenberg. by Warner, Anne.
    Warner, Anne.
    JUST BETWEEN THEMSELVES: A Book about Dichtenberg.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1910. Hardcover first edition - A humorous novel about a small group of Americans who come together for a house party at a hotel in rural Germany. Color frontispiece with tissue guard by Will Grefe. 273 pp plus 4 pp of ads for other books by this author.

    Condition: Very good in olive green cloth with pasted on color illustration and white lettering (usual toning to the pages, front hinge starting, rubbing to the lettering on the spine)

    Book ID: 65667
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