War by Mann Thomas, Signed (8 results)

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 8°, rückseitig mittig aufgezogene Fotoporträtpostkarte der Schauspielerin als NORA in Zwillingsschwestern 1902) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Leipzig, 26.11.1907 (dito : Original-Kabinettporträtphoto (Ph. Hofphotograph W. Höffert, Berlin) bildseitig in Tinte Herrn Director E. Steinbach vierzeilig schön gewidmet und signiert mit Jahr 1902 Euro 95,-).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Small octavo. 68pp. Light spot on rear board else fine in very good dust jacket with small tear at the front flap fold, spot on the rear panel and sunned along the spine and the edges. Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Rarely found in jacket or signed.

Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Limited edition. Eleanor Roosevelt's copy, #6 of 150 copies signed by each of the ten authors on the limitation page tipped in at front: Thomas Mann, Rebecca West, Sigrid Undset, Andre Maurois and six others. xiii, [1], 488 pp. Custom bound in chestnut polished calf stamped in gilt on spine, boards, and turn-ins; Roosevelt's name stamped on front board. (Not signed or inscribed by her, though.) All edges gilt, maroon morocco title label to spine, printed endpapers, maroon ribbon marker. Very Good+ with light rubbing to extremities and heavy chipping to title label; front joint starting at upper end. Light scattered stains to fly-leaves; contents overall clean, binding firm. Buergin 568. In the summer of 1942, the Austrian refugee and music publisher Armin L. Robinson invited ten prestigious writers to work on a new project: an anti-fascist propaganda film that would demonstrate that Nazi ideology violated each of the Ten Commandments. The deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer fell through, so Robinson decided to continue the project as a collection of ten novellas. Each writer took one amendment, with Thomas Mann leading the charge: 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thomas Mann. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Rebecca West. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Franz Werfel. 4. Remember to keep the sabbath day, to keep it holy. John Erskine. 5. Honour thy father and thy mother. Bruno Frank. 6. Thou shalt not kill. Jules Romains. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Andre Maurois. 8. Thou shalt not steal. Sigrid Undset. 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Hendrik Willem Van Loon. 10. Thou shalt not covet. Louis Bromfeld. The book was published in December 1943. Reviewers felt that the collection was uneven and overly long, but still found much to praise, particularly in Mann's contribution. They all felt the moral imperative of anti-Nazi writing: "Here the world's pen is raised against the sword of the super-race," wrote the New York Times. Four years into the war, it had become clear that Hitler's conquest of Europe went well beyond territorial expansion and was an assault on civilization itself. It is no surprise that Eleanor Roosevelt should own a copy of this limited edition, the text of which is taken from the third trade printing. Apart from being married to Hitler's chief opponent, Eleanor was an activist whose positive newspaper review of Mann's 1938 book The Coming Victory of Democracy had aided its success with the American public. The Roosevelts received Thomas Mann and his wife at the White House in 1941, and Mann, who admired the President's values and speechmaking, gave a speech on behalf of his reelection campaign in 1944. This copy of The Ten Commandments, bound for the First Lady's personal library, is a tribute to the shared principles of those towering figures. Signed.

E.Brief (2/3 S. 4°, eine Mittelfaltspur) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert MOSKAU, 30.I./12.II.1906 - in Tinte (ungenannt an KURT KÜCHLER, 1883-1925, deutscher Journalist und Schriftsteller. Theaterkritiker der Redaktion des ?Altonaer Tageblatts?, er veröffentlichte auch Artikel in der Vossischen Zeitung . Von 1910 bis 1913 schrieb er für das Feuilleton des ? Hamburger Fremdenblatts ? ), dessen Aufforderungen zu poetischen Beiträgen er nachkommt, empfiehlt seine VENUS VON MILO oder als kleineres Gedicht SCHIFFERFRIEDHOF.

E.Widmung (Postkarte) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert "Herrn A. Scharlau grüßt ergebenst, München 8. April 1913 HEINRICH MANN" - mit großem Fotoporträt unter dunkelgrünes Passepartout (1 S. 4°) gerahmt.

E.Postkarte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift "H.M." signiert , Absender Badgastein mit vollem Namenszug "H. Mann" H(otel) Savoy, 3.7.1921 - an Dr. JOACHIM FRIEDENTHAL (1887-1938), Korrespondent des "Berliner Tageblatt" in München "Lieber Herr Doktor, damit Sie beruhigt sind: Herr Dr. Feder (wohl ERNST FEDER, 1881-1964), Ressortleiter für Innenpolitik beim BERLINER TAGEBLATT von 1919-33 (um ihn handelt es sich) hat gewiss keine bösen Absichten. Ich habe ihm berichtet, dass K. den A. nun unauffällig vertreten hat, was er schon vorher wusste. Er hat also keinen Grund mehr, einem Räthsel nachzugehen." (dito zum gleichen Preis : E.Brief (1 S. quer 8°, leichte Gebrauchsspuren) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Nizza, 18 rue Rossini, 13.VIII.1937 "Lieber Herr Ewen, ich erwarte Sie gern. Vielleicht passt es Ihnen Dienstag um 5 Uhr ? ." (Der Reporter DAVID EWEN hatte 1933 bereits Thomas Mann interviewt. Heinrich und Nelly Mann hatten in Nizza mehrere Wohnadressen, darunter von Oktober 1936 bis 1938 die Rue Rossini.).

E.Brief (in Tinte, leicht blass, Randlochung, mit gedrucktem Kopf und Logo des OSBORNE HOTEL, Paris) mit Ort, Datum, voller Unterschrift signiert , Paris, 6. Juni 1931 - an Verehrte gnädige Frau (ungenannt, die Schriftstellerin ANTONINA VALLENTIN-LUCHAIRE (1893-1957) in Paris ".ich habe Ihre Nachsicht zu erbitten, aber glauben Sie mir, dass ich in Paris in wenigen Tagen mehr gesellschaftliche Anstrengungen zu liefern hatte, als in Berlin das ganze Jahr. Alles, was ich an Zeit und Kraft hatte, nahm der Kongress in Anspruch. Ich hätte so gern eine ruhige Stunde mit Ihnen und ihrem Gatten (Julien Luchaire) verbracht. Bitte, geben Sie mir dann bald in Berlin die Gelegenheit." (1931 wurde Heinrich Mann zum Vorsitzenden der Sektion Dichtkunst bei der Preußischen Akademie der Künste gewählt. Im Juni nahm er an einem internationalen Schriftstellerkongress in Paris teil, sprach mit Aristide Briand und hielt eine Rede im Admiralspalast zur deutsch-französischen Verständigung. In Berlin feierte er seinen 60. Geburtstag mit Reden von Gottfried Benn, Lion Feuchtwanger, Adolf Grimme, Max Liebermann und Thomas Mann.).

This letter was acquired from the family of the recipient and has never been offered for sale beforeIn 1900, at the age of 25, Thomas Mann wrote and in 1901 published Buddenbrooks, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations. Mann drew deeply from the history of his own family, the Mann family of L?beck, and their times. It was Mann?s first novel and it made him a major literary figure. The work led to a Nobel Prize in Literature for Mann in 1929; although the Nobel award generally recognizes an author?s body of work, the Swedish Academy?s citation for Mann identified ?his great novel Buddenbrooks? as the principal reason for his prize. Mann began writing the book in October 1897, when he was twenty-two years old.Henry Hart was an American publisher who worked mainly for Scribner?s in New York. He was working with Mann on the publication of English-language versions of his works, including Nocturns.The League of American Writers was established by the First American Writers Congress, a gathering held from April 26?28, 1935. It was an association of American novelists, playwrights, poets, journalists, and literary critics launched by the Communist Party USA in 1935. The group included Communist Party members, and so-called "fellow travelers" who closely followed the Communist Party's political line without being formal party members, as well as individuals sympathetic to specific policies being advocated by the parrty.In 1933, after the takeover of the Nazi party, while travelling in the South of France, Mann heard from his eldest children Klaus and Erika in Munich, that it would not be safe for him to return to Germany. The family (except these two children) emigrated to K?snacht, near Z?rich, Switzerland, but received Czechoslovak citizenship and a passport in 1936.Typed letter signed, April 22, 1935, to Hart, his publisher. "It is not easy for me to answer your suggestion in regards to this business news. I have read very carefully the appeal of the American writer?s congress. However, I have unsurmountable concerns about contributing a statement to the congress. In the second half of the appeal there is mention of ?civil liberties? It stands in logical contradiction to all previous statements, which have a purely communist character. A telegram on my part, as you have asked me to send, would be a clear support of communism, which I am not able to force myself to give. I have a true love of civil liberties, as much as I am against fascism and war. I much prefer the communist revolution to that of the fascists. Nevertheless, the wording of this appeal and the political orientation it lends to this congress does not allow me to follow your wishes to send a note of unrestricted sympathy to the congress. I beg you to understand and not interpret my position as a lack of courage. It is an act of good conscience, of what is my duty and what is not."Earlier than planned, my wife and I will have the opportunity to see you again. In June, a little bit later than last time, we will come to America and stay for a short while in New York."This letter was acquired from the family of the recipient and has never before been offered for sale.