Robert Musil the Man Without Qualities 3 Volumes (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ist editions in paperback of all 3 volumes in card covers which ahve some wear.

brossura. Condition: buone condizioni. Volumes 2 and 3, Ill. bn: --, Ill. colori: --, Peso: 620 gr.

1st ed. thus hardbacks with dust jacket Nice copies octavo xxxv + 365, vii + 454, xi + 445pp., A re-issue of the first British edition, first published between 1953 & 1960. Hint of sunning to dust jacket of volume 3 o/w a very nice set in like unclipped dust jackets.

Rilegato. Condition: buono. Two volumes books in good condition. No slipcase. Check the pictures. Safe packaging and fast shipping: 1. Books will be carefully packed using protection such as foam cushions and they will be placed in a robust box. (For small books, they will be placed in an envelop with bubble foam wrap and extra strong cardboard) 2. The shipping label will be purchased and the book will be delivered to the shipping courier access point within a day from the purchase (unless is weekend) 3. We ship from Italy. Please contact us in advance if the shipping destination is to an island or to a very remote place (For example, Cyprus, Canary islands, Madeira), we will need to check if there are shipping solutions for those destinations. There is no issue with shipping to EU countries plus Nordics, UK and North America. Tracking code, delivery and purchase guarantee: 1. The book will no take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive within a week from the parcel delivery to the shipping courier (in normal situations in EU countries) 2. You will receive the tracking code and you will be able to check the status of the delivery in every step. The book will not be stolen or get lost which is common when shipping with untraceable packages Feel free to contact us for any questions!

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First English translation from the German to provide a complete text. Volume One: Parts 1 & 2 A SORT OF INTRODUCTION and PSUEDOREALITY PREVAILS translated by Sophie Wilkins. Volume Two: Part 3 INTO THE MILLENNIUM also Translated by Sophie with FROM THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS translated by Burton Pike. Includes Translator's Afterword. Two volumes numbered consecutively 1774 pp. New Hardcovers w/ New djs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. First UK edition, in three volumes. Secker & Warburg, 1955/1954/1960 respectively; Vol. 1 is a stated second printing, Vols. 2 and 3 are first printings with no additional printings indicated; xxxv, 365pp. / vii, 454pp. / xi, 445pp. From the collection of Jack D. Zipes, noted scholar of German folklore and literature, with his signature on the front paste-down of each volume and his pen notations in the translators' foreword of Vols. 1 and 3. Bindings are tight and sturdy; faint damp-stains on bottom edge of Vol. 1 and 3's front and rear boards, else only minor wear to edges of green cloth boards, gilt/mauve titling on spines remains bright and bold; text very good throughout set (besides Prof. Zipes's underlining mentioned above); faint foxing to top edge of page blocks. Mild wear, toning to edges of clipped dust jackets, mild toning to spine panels as well; jackets arrive wrapped in protective mylar. The earliest English-language edition of this classic of German modernism, straight from the library of one of America's preeminent scholars of German literature and culture. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

First American edition. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, in the original dustjacket. xxv, [1], 365, [3] pp. The book in near fine condition, the dustjacket with some mellowing and edgewear. First published in 1930 Musil's "Der Mann Ohne Eienschaften" is considered one of the greatest, and longest, German novels of the first half of the century. It is the work for which Musil is best known and to which he dedicated a large portion of his life. The work remains unfinished, as he died while still working on it. The story was set at the time of the decline of Vienna and Emperor Franz Josef's power. Rather than focus on history however, Musil concentrates on the conceptual development of his characters. It has been described as expressionistic, satirical, and as the last work of the classical tradition. It was not translated into English until this printing, beginning in 1953. The translators Wilkins and Kaiser, dedicated much time to this work as well, as it was published over a span of seven years. The three volumes had the complete translation of the finished portion of Musil's work. A fourth volume containing unfinished sketches and unrevised variants was to be published. This particular volume has a foreword by Wilkins and Kaiser and it is here that the main theme becomes explicit and Musil's talent and imagination are more fully developed. In this way, the previous two volumes are a prologue to the problem set in this novel--that of love and belief. Or, the idea that "love, in whatever form it is experienced, is an approximation only: as it were, an experimental approach to living in a condition that he calls "Other'." Further, "becoming one with the 'Other' is an experience more complex, more complete, and therefore more desirable than any union that can be physically enacted. A human 'other'.is an image of an 'Other' that is nameless." (Wilkins) Consequently, Musil is not only exploring human relations but relations to abstract truths and perhaps, God. His work reflects a preoccupation with these questions that was central to European philosophers such as Heidegger and Levinas, among others, and anticipated the philosophical and literary concerns with God and the relation to Others and otherness of this millennium.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. A lot of three fine-looking, structurally sound volumes comprising the works of the Austrian novelist and philosopher Robert Musil and edited by Adolf Frise. Pumpkin-colored linen cloth over spines, sharp and distinct gilt lettered "RM" to front covers, cloth labels affixed neatly to spines, red lettering over tan cloth. Sewn-in linen ribbon bookmarks, tightly bound, clean, unmarked interiors; third volume with slight forward cock to spine. Light tide-lining to front cover, very light smudging to bottom fore-tips; Volume I: [6], 7-961 pp.; Volume II: [4], 5-844 pp.; Volume III: [8], 9-1671 [1] pp. Robert Musil's masterpiece came out in parts in 1930 and 1933, The Man Without Qualities (Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) having been first published in Berlin in two volumes. Later he expressed some jealousy at better known, more popular authors such as Thomas Mann and Hermann Broch. His masterpiece "brought Musil only mediocre commercial success" and he was later nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (Wikipedia).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Translated and with a foreword by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. First editions in English, First impressions. Volume 1 and 2. 2 Volumes of the 3 volume set. Pages clean and bright, previous owner name in pen to f.f.e.p. of Vol 1. Dust jackets unclipped with light edgewear. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Volumes one and two published 1953 and 1954, the first English editions. From the library of poet and philosopher James Kern Feibleman with his "please return to James Feibleman" note and a few marks and underlinings. Light wear at jacket edges, pen note to front jacket of book 2; bright copies overall. Old Blackwells ticket on pastedown of vol 1. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2 volumes of the 3-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 047300.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1953,1954, 1960. First edition in English.Three volumes in green cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Volume 1 and 2 with ink name to front endpapers, with old ink price in volume 1. Board edges with a few little bumps but otherwise excellent. Price intact dust jacket with slightly darkened spines, very lightly rubbed and creased edges, small chips to the jacket tips, with a short closed tear to edge of volume 3. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser.

First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxv,365;vii,454;xii,445, green cloth with stamped brown title-bands, gilt; from the library of Gordon Leff, with small ownership inscription to front free endpaper of all volumes, foxing to top edges, light foxing to fore-edges, a very good, clean set, in unclipped dust-jackets (jacket to Volume I green, jackets to Volumes II-III cream), of which jacket to Volume I is darkened to spine, with chipping to extremities, jacket to Volume II foxed to pale paper, with toning to spine, 1.5cm closed tear to rear upper edge, and water-marking to foot of spine, and jacket to Volume III is toned to spine, with 3cm closed tear to foot of fold over lower joint, 1cm closed tear to rear upper margin, and very slight chipping to headband - overall a very good set, in good+ dust-jackets.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition in English, published by Seeker & Warburg in 3 volumes, 1953, 1954, 1960. Originally published in German between 1932 and 1942. Original gilt green and brown cloth in all three volumes. First dust jacket, volume 1 is green, 2nd and 3rd volumes are blond. Dust jacket has edgewear; very minor soil, else very good. Musil's 3 volume trilogy is considered a masterpiece of Modern Fiction. The first two volumers were completed in his lifetime, the thrid volume, unpublished at the time of his death, composed of all his manusripts for the final volume of the trilogy. Only his premature death in Geneva in 1942, a victim of the Anschlauz of Hitler and Nazism. His novels were censored by the Nazi regime of Hitler from 1933-1945. He would have become a Nobel laureate if not for his premature death. Robert Musil (6 November 1880 - 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels. Number 1 on Literaturhaus München and Bertelsmann's Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century.

First editions thus (the Re-issue of 1979, all three volumes published in the same year, of volumes first published by Secker in English in 1953, 1954, and 1960 respectively). Hardcovers. Top edges moderately foxed, other edges very slightly, otherwise fine in fine attractive dustjackets (black spines, with front cover background using three different colours--light green/orange/yellow, to set off the author/title lettering). Sterling price intact on all flaps. A long and masterful work which "chronicles the life of a Viennese intellectual in 1913-14; it encompasses Musil's reflections on the sense of cultural disintegration and spiritual crisis treated by other writers of his day. Musil faced financial ruin due to inflation in the 1930s: he fled Berlin and Nazi-occupied Vienna and died in penury in Switzerland. His work was little read until the early 1950s, when critics reestablished his important place in modern fiction".(International Dictionary of 20th Century Biogaphy--Vernoff & Shore). Consists of Vol 1: "A Sort of Introduction. The Like of it Now Happens (I)." Containing a 35pp foreword by the translators. Vol 2: "The Like of it Now Happens (II)". Vol 3: "Into the Millennium. (The Criminals)". Translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Since the third volume wasn't published in English until 1960, sets of the complete 3 volume set are rather uncommon. These books, heavy as a set will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted ($65 US an estimate for Airmail, tracked).

First editions in English, first impressions, of "one of the most prestigious novels of the 20th century. Some novelists excel at giving the reader the emotional feel of a character's mind (Dickens), others at the sensuous feel of a character's mind (Flaubert). Musil is wonderful at both" (Smiley). The first two volumes of Musil's unfinished masterpiece, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, were originally published in Germany in 1930 and 1933; the third volume was first published privately in Switzerland in 1943, the year following the author's death. The projected fourth volume of the present English edition was never issued, and so the (unfinished) ending to the novel was not published in English until 1995. Jane Smiley, "Nowhere man", The Guardian, 17 June 2006. 3 vols, octavo. Original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt on brown ground. With dust jackets. Bookseller's ticket (F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne) to vol. I front free endpaper. Cloth bright, slight lean to spines, light offsetting to endpapers, contents clean. A very nice, sharp set, in like dust jackets, vol. I jacket price-clipped with light marks to spine panel, short closed tear to head with small tape repair to verso, occasional nick and short closed tear, overall bright and presenting nicely.