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Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st edition. Sm 8vo. 372pp. Book Good. No dust jacket. Spine ends worn. Boards rubbed and edgeworn; cloth chipping on edges and corners. Contents clean and binding good. Inquire if you need further information.

Collier Books. loose_leaf. Very Good. 8x5x1. Has some shelf wear, highlighting, underlining and/or writing. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.

L. Hill & Co., 1973. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Cape, 1940. The first publication in the U.K. of the author's original English version. 8vo, pp. 388. Tan cloth. Owners' bookplate on pastedown, name on flyleaf. Spine browned, endpapers little stained, o/w a VG tight copy.

loose_leaf. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Alfred a Knopf. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner inscription. Hinge loose but intact, some light soling to boards. Stated First Printing, 1934. .

Hardcover. Very Good. 1st US edn, G+ as a few nicks and wear to boards else tight copy, comes with own very attractive custom black/red slipcase w/indented paper label and push-through slot at rear of case. His first novel.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First UK edn, spotted grey cloth covers, classic first work by Mr. Mysterious Anarchistus, wonderful yarn with socialistic leanings, was the main story character in reality the author? F/o name on fep, dated 1942.

New York: Lawrence Hill and Company, 1973. 8vo. 372 pp. Black cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Small chips and tears to jacket extremities. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. First UK edition. Hardcover. 311pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are mildly scratched and bumped. The spine is sunned and rolled. There are multiple small splits and tears in the cloth at the ends of the spine. The edges of the text block are darkened and have a couple of tiny stains. The pages are browned, and have very occasional small, light stains. P. 163 has a small loss from the bottom fore edge corner. The book is sturdy. Treverton 31, Recknagel 435, Hagemann 17, Howard 1h. According to Edward N. Treverton, The Death Ship (Das Totenschiff) was the first book to appear under the Traven name.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. The author's first novel, originally written in English in 1923-24, translated by Traven into German and published as Das Totenschiff by Büchergilde Gutenberg in 1926. It charts the story of an American sailor, "stateless and peniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction" (from the AK Press edition). This American edition, following the UK edition published the same year, consists of Traven's own translation of the text. Treverton 32. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; dark brown topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-372,[2]pp. Mild softening to spine ends, topstain slightly faded, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear and dust-soil,… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and decorative elements embossed to front cover; burgundy topstain; dustjacket; [viii],372,[4]pp. Tiny crinkle at crown, with a touch of offset from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, shelfworn, gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty, with shallow loss to crown, a small scuff to front panel, a faint stain at mid-spine, and several short tears (six of them neatly tape-mended on verso); Very Good only. Traven's own translation of his first novel, which was translated from the German by Eric Sutton for the UK edition published by Chatto & Windus. A novel set in the aftermath of World War I, centered around a group of merchant seamen who lack citizenship, money, and papers; it is in equal part an adventure novel, and a scathing indictment of abusive labor practices and authority. TREVERTON 32.

New York: Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Pastedowns and endpapers darkened, fore~edge foxed, occasional light foxing, rubbed at the head of the spine and corners, otherwise very good in a recently added excellent facsimile dust jacket. The front panel of the original yellow dust jacket is pasted to the front free endpaper.The American edition differs from the English edition textually and was, unlike the English edition, translated by B. Traven.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 372pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black cloth. Restoration to jacket intermittently along the edges and along the fold of the rear flap. The Death Ship/Das Totenschiff was originally written in English in 1923 or 1924. Traven translated it into German at the request of Buchergilde Gutenberg editor Ernst Preczang who was impressed by the serialization of Die Baumwollpflucker in Vorwarts. Das Totenschiff was published in 1926. It was the first book to appear under the Traven name and its success established Traven's reputation. Traven's most brilliant novel. It is a sardonic work about identity and a satire on the faceless bureaucracy. The American sailor, Gales, has no papers; therefore, in the eyes of the authorities, he doesn't exist. In order to escape from Europe he is forced to board a "Death Ship." Considerably revised and rewritten from the Chatto & Windus edition with 61 additional pages, and is considered by many… Leer más

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Hardcover. Second impression. 312 pp. Very good+ with good dustjacket. Some light wear and toning at the edges of the dustjacket; dustjacket spine sunned with some water spots or stains. Internally very good.

Chatto & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original 'Das Totenschiff: Geschichte lines Amerikanischen Seemanns' by Eric Sutton. A few spots of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. 311 Pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge wear to the dust jacket 1cm piece missing to the lower front panel corresponding with the abrasion to the cloth. Some foxing and tanning to the spine of this price clipped jacket. Binding:Hardcover. Red cloth covers boards a touch dusty with a small abrasion to the lower front board.

Chato & Windus. First edition in English. Translated from the original 'Das Totenschiff: Geschichte lines Amerikanischen Seemanns' by Eric Sutton. A few spots of foxing to the page edges. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge untrimmed. Slight lean to the spine. 311 Pages. Binding firm. First Edition. Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Fair. Edge wear. 1cm piece missing to the lower front panel corresponding with the abrasion to the cloth. Some foxing and tanning to the spine. Price clipped. Binding: Hardcover. Red cloth covers. Boards a touch dusty with a small abrasion to the lower front board.

NEW YORK NY: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. NF/VG+. 1934. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. BOOK IS FINE BUT D.J. IS WORN AT CORNERS WITH A 1" WIDE BY 3/8" DEEPCHIP AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL, A 1 1/4" TEAR WITH ASSOCIATED CREASEAT THE FRONT SPINE TOP CORNER, A COUPLE SHORT TEARS ON THE FRONT PANEL,AND THE SPINE PANEL SUNNED. A VERY NICE COPY.. Keywords: NOVEL, FIRST BOOK, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Fine copy in price clipped near fine dust jacket with spine darkened, minimal edge wear. 372 pp. A very nice, tight, clean copy in a bright dust jacket.

Chatto & Windus, London., 1934. First U.K. edition. Translated by Eric Sutton. Octavo. pp [viii], 312.Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good in very good, slightly nicked, dusty and marked dustwrapper spotted at the spine.