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Great German short novels and stories / edited by Bennett A. Cerf.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971, editor.
- Series:
- Modern library of the world's best books
- The Modern library of the world's best books
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- German fiction--Translations into English.
- German fiction.
- English fiction--Translations from German.
- English fiction.
- Short stories, German.
- Genre:
- Short stories, German.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Golden, M.M. (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1)
- Jun, William Lee (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2)
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 475 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Modern Library, [1933]
- Contents:
- The sorrows of Young Werther / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- The sport of destiny / Johann von Schiller (1759-1805)
- The history of Krakatuk / Ernst T. W. Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- Hansel and Gretel ; Cinderella / Jacob Ludwig Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859)
- Gods in exile / Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
- Immensee / Theodor W. Storm (1817-1888)
- The naughty Saint Vitalis / Gottfried Keller (1819-1890)
- The New Year's Eve Confession / Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928)
- The fate of the Baron / Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931)
- Flagman Thiel / Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-)
- Lukardis / Jacob Wassermann (1873-)
- Death in Venice / Thomas Mann (1875-)
- Amok / Stefan Sweig (1881-)
- The parcel / Arnold Sweig (1887-)
- Notes:
- "Random House is the publisher of The Modern Library ..."
- "The Fifteen Stories in this volume are arranged in chronological order of the Authors' births."
- Publisher's advertisements: [8] pages at end.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has ms. ownership inscription: "M. M. Golden" on the front free endpaper.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has ms. ownership inscription: "William Lee Jun New York" on front free endpaper.
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained. Verso of dust jacket lists "348 outstanding books ...".
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok Mqy 1952".
- Potok Collection copy has Rockwell Kent illustrated endpapers used between 1929 and Spring 1967 and Style 8 binding used between 1939 and 1962.
- OCLC:
- 294009
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