Silvers Robert Translator (13 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Algerians, France, Torture, History) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: G-vg. 96 pages. Gray binding with black lettering on spine. A dispassionate account by seven Algerian intellectuals of the most damnable tortures ever endured by men. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Endpapers browned. Interior pages browned. Some wear to Dust Jacket at corner tips and spine ends. Jacket covers rubbed and soiled a little . Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good conditon. Clean text, tight binding. Yellowing on the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 96pp. Blue cloth hardback with large crease bottom front edge, small dent upper front edge, DJ has chips, tears and wrinkles, translated from the French, An account of seven Algerian intellectuals of the most damnable tortures ever endured by men,

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Former owner's inscription penned on front fly-leaf and stamping on title page. Otherwise, clean and solid. Tearing to jacket. ; 8vo; 96 pages.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (Torture, Political Crimes, Algerians, History).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Anti-Imperialist novel that was censored in France. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy with some toning to the pages as usual.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition in English. Octavo. Pp. 96. First person accounts of the arrest and intense torture, with no justification, of seven Algerian intellectuals, living in Paris, by the French Security Police. Originally published in Paris by Les Editions de Minuit, and immediately seized and destroyed by the French police. Translated from the French by Robert Silvers, editor of the New York Review of Books for over 50 years. A fine copy in blue-gray boards, titled in black. Dust jacket faded at spine, rubbed, with tiny tears, at edges, and invisibly repaired on the inside with tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Publisher: Lyle Stuart, New York, 1960. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE mylar-protected, Price-clipped dust-jacket. Tiny chip at top of DJ's front panel. Wear at the DJ's spine ends. Not remainder marked. Book was banned in France. First Edition, First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Publisher: Lyle Stuart, New York, 1960. NEAR FINE+ hardcover book in NEAR FINE- mylar-protected dust-jacket. Tiny chip at top of DJ's front panel. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($2.00). Book was banned in France. First Edition, First Printing.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A Near Fine edition that has some fraying to the corners and previous owner's address sticker affixed to the front pastedown in an edgeworn dust-jacket in Very Good+ condition that also bears some tape ; The Gangrene is the story of a small town in the throes of an epidemic. The citizens are struggling to survive as the disease takes hold, and the only thing that seems to be keeping them alive is the hope that the epidemic will soon be over. But as the days go on, it becomes clear that the town may not have much longer to live.As the residents start to fall ill and die, they begin to realize that the disease is more than just a deadly virus. It is a curse, a punishment from God for their sins. And as the death toll continues to rise, the townspeople start to spiral into madness. They start to worship the disease, believing that it is a sign from their god that they are His chosen ones.But even as the town falls apart, some of the residents continue to fight. They refuse to give up, even as the odds seem insurmountable. And in the end, it is these few brave; 8vo; 96 pages.

96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition in English. First edition in English. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Le Gangrène, an account of the torture by the French D.S.T. of seven Algerians resident in Paris, was published in France by Les Editions de Minuit on 16 June 1959, and confiscated by the French authorities four days later. Robert Silvers, formerly the managing editor of the Paris Review, translated this work for Lyle Stuart, known for publishing books "that other publishers hesitate to publish" (from the publisher's introduction). Silvers was a founding editor of the New York Review of Books and considered the journal's advocacy of human rights issues as one of its chief accomplishments. Provenance: from the Library of Robert Silvers Grey boards. Very good plus in later variant dust jacket.

96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition in English. First edition in English. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Le Gangrène, an account of the torture by the French D.S.T. of seven Algerians resident in Paris, was published in France by Les Editions de Minuit on 16 June 1959, and confiscated by the French authorities four days later. Robert Silvers, formerly the managing editor of the Paris Review, translated this work for Lyle Stuart, known for publishing books "that other publishers hesitate to publish" (from the publisher's introduction). Silvers was a founding editor of the New York Review of Books and considered the journal's advocacy of human rights issues as one of its chief accomplishments. Provenance: from the Library of Robert Silvers Grey boards. Near fine in dust jacket (text block toned).