The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, First Edition (48 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vintage, New York, NY, 1996. Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NYC: Vintage, 1996. 1st softcover edition stated. in this translation, 2nd printing (from numbrline), F/. Paperback has very light edge wear, toning to edges, label/sticker on back cover otherwise lean and unmarked. Translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Spine creased and slight slant to book, cover toned, bumps, scuffs and shelf wear.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good condition dust jackets. Contained in a white, grey, and copper slipcase with stains throughout, mild shelving wear, and a publisher's paper slightly separating with black lettering on the head edge. Dust jackets prices are uncut "$60.00", have stains on the spine, mild shelving wear, and a small closed tear along the spine head edge of Volume 1. Boards have stains throughout and mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and light foxing along the edges. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "The Man Without Qualities I", x, 1-725 pages -- Vol. 2, "The Man Without Qualities II", vi, 729-1774 pages. Shelved Room C. 1392245. Special Collections.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus, First Printing. A New Set Complete in Two Volumes in New Dust Jackets and a New Slipcase. Still in protective shrink wrap. Chip Kidd designed Dust Jackets and Slipcase. Hardcover[s]. Octavo[s]. 1774pp. Publisher's Black Boards Backed with Black Cloth.

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

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fiction, Vol. 12 Numbers 2 & 3 (illustrator). 1st Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Fine. First English Language Edition. 60 page excerpt from the Diaries, first published here in English translation. With translator's preface, extensive notes, and a selection from a new translation of The Man Without Qualities not previously available in English. [532].

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus; Sixth Printing. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding leans ever so slightly; else flawless; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the noted minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (7.75 x 5.05 x 1.15 inches) . Translated by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser, but the translation is not attributed in this volume. Language: English. Weight: 12.1 ounces. First Picador Classics Edition [1988]; Sixth Printing. Picador published an earlier paperback editon in 1979. The hardcover edition was published by Secker and Warburg in 1954. Trade Paperback. The Man Without Qualitiesi s among the most fascinating books I've ever read. It's slow going at times because the style is so free-form. While traditional plots do exist, they do not form the crux of the books in this series. Rather, the reader watches Ulrich, the 'man without qualities', as he goes about his life in 1913 Austria. He is among the intelligentsia, he is young (32 or thereabouts) he is an engineer, a sceptic, he has an ironic eye as he moves among the ruling classes of Austrian society on the eve of the First World War. This book is deeply philosophical without proposing solutions: sometimes his observations gut-punch you, sometimes they bring tears to your eyes. But always, they're fascinating. It is so worth the effort. The book is complex but always engaging. It is concerned with the nature of writing and many other things and challenges the reader at every turn. It is definitely worth the read and worth reading slowly; the writing is extraordinarily good. Two young men travel from New Zealand through Australia to China then the then USSR to Europe where a number of incidents and events engage their attention. The language is intense, uniquely so, and, while it is an engaging narrative of real interest, it has metafictional and even philosophical aspects. One of the true classics of modern literature and demands an wider audience. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; vii, 454 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Printing of this Edition. Volume 2 only of 2 volume set, no slipcase. Light rubbing and toning overall, a few light bumps and scuffs. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1774 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book is bound in green boards with wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The book is cocked. The back hinge is cracked. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight.

New York, Coward-McCann, (1954). IX, 454 S. (22 x 15 cm). Dunkelblaues OLn. mit Rückengoldprägung u. Blindpräg. auf d. Vorderdeckel. Ernst David Kaiser (1911-1972), österreichischer Autor u. Übersetzer, floh 1938 nach England. Er lernte die neuseeländische Germanistin Eithne Wilkins kennen, die an der Universität in London lehrte, u. die er 1949 heiratete. Gemeinsam übersetzten sie aus dem Deutschen ins Englische. Sie gelten als herausragend gute Übersetzer, die für erste Verlagsadressen in den USA u. Großbritannien tätig waren. - Kap. berieben, Goldpräg. verwischt, Leinen schwach feuchtfleckig; innen gut.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing (1961). Published by Secker & Warburg, 1960. Octavo. Volume 2 only. Book is very good. No dust jacket. Book placed in custom acetate protector. An excellent copy of volume 2 of this novel by Robert Musil, translated from German by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xxxv, 365 pages. This is a sound copy of the first volume of Musil's trilogy, in a flawed but satisfactory dust jacket. Publisher's binding bright, bumping to edges; a scuff mark (not a remainder mark) to foot of textblock; contents unmarked and quite attractive. Stated first American edition. The unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket is rubbed and edgeworn, with sunning to spine. 650 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription. Very good clean tight copy in green cloth with slight fading on the spine; internally clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Impression. Hardcover in clipped dust jacket. Good condition, ex-library book. 1965 reprint of 1960 publication. Missing piece from jacket at front lower corner and 2cm tears to jacket rear at lower leading corner and spine head. Library stamps on copyright page and minor pen mark on title page. Glue remains on pastedowns, BEP and jacket inner rear flap. Wear to jacket spine and creases to edges of jacket and spine is slightly cocked. Light foxing to page block and library stamp to page block foot. Minor foxing on a few pages internally, but pages remain sound and text is clear throughout. TA. Used.

ex-lib.first edition 365pp VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,front flap only of d/w mounted on front pastedown,sl.soiling to content edges,spine cracked and sl.cocked) lacks d/w.

Condition: Very Good. Coward-McCann New York 1953 Binding: Hardcover 1st American ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 volumes - complete set. Near Fine hardcovers in Fine djs (just some slight rubbing to a small, approx. 1/2", area of lower spine of volume 2). No slipcase. A nice copy - clean text, tight bindings, and clean and bright djs, Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing. "First American Edition" stated to copyright page of each volume. Volume 1: A Sort of Introduction, Pseudoreality Prevails. Volume 2: Into the Millennium, From the Posthumous Papers. Translated by Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike. 1774pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this 2-volume set. No international shipping due to size and weight of set.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF, 1st edn, $60 price on flap, 2 vols, 1774pps, first translation in English that includes the core of the final unpublished chapters, a 20th c German masterpiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 volumes - complete set. Fine hardcovers in Fine djs, housed in a Fine pictorial slipcase (tiny 1/8" tear to top dj spine of volume 2). A very nice copy - clean text, tight bindings, clean and bright djs, and a nice slipcase. Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing. "First American Edition" stated to copyright page of each volume. Volume 1: A Sort of Introduction, Pseudoreality Prevails. Volume 2: Into the Millennium, From the Posthumous Papers. Translated by Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike. 1774pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this 2-volume set. No international shipping due to size and weight of set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt lettering in red spine block on dark green boards in a green dust jacket. 8vo, 365pp. The dust jacket has been archival tape repaired and is edge chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1953). 365pp. VG+ book, binding square and tight, a couple of minor bumps to rear top edge, cloth covers clean, gilt reasonably bright, internally excellent; in VG dust jacket, edge worn with a few nicks, very minor chipping to head of spine, front spine edge rubbed causing minor perforation, spine darkened, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 454pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling/staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate foxing).

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH [Volume I (1955) is a stated second printing, Volumes II (1954) & III (1960) are first printings]. Complete in three volumes; cloth-bound; hardcovers with dust jackets; octavos (22 x 14 cm); pp. xxxv, 365; vii, 454; xi, 445. English text, translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Bound in publisher's green cloth and supplied with the original dust jackets (jacket to Volume I green, jackets to Volumes II & III cream, as issued). Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Volume II dust jacket neatly price clipped with a small closed tear. Volume I & III jackets with slight brown marking to the spines. Couple of corner creases. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome set. Notes: An attractive set of the Austrian writer's unfinished masterpiece Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften in the English language.

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.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Two volumes. Printed wrapeprs. Translated from the German by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike. Fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. A handsome copy of the stated 1953 1st American edition of Vol. I (of 3 total) of Robert Musil's sweeping masterpiece of mid-20th century Continental (German) literarure. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a crisp, price-intact ($4.00), VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping along the panel edges and the tips. Octavo, "tanslated from the German and with a Foreword by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser".

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxv + 365pp, VG (light to moderate staining to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, minor water staining to base of eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderate tanning & staining).