Cities and Men
by Ludwig Lewisohn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated First Edition. High gloss, black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. Patterned endpapers. Light pencil price on flyleaf. Dust jacket smudged; spine a bit darkened; tail shows light chipping and a light dampstain; a couple short closed tears to bottom edge of front panel; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 273, plus [4] pp. ads. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. After an introduction on Culture and Barbarism, Lewisohn discusses men under the headings of Englishmen, Americans, Germans, Frenchmen, Jews, analyzing and appraising such literary figures as Hazlett, George Saintsbury, Santayana, William Ellery Leonard, Thomas Mann, Rilke, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Heine, George Brandes, and Martin Buber. He then provides commentary on a few cities, including Vienna, Berlin, and Venice. Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) was a German-Jewish author and literary critic and editor for The Nation. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1890 and was one of the founding faculty members at Brandeis University when it was established in 1948.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011159
- Title
- Cities and Men
- Author
- Ludwig Lewisohn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- literary criticism, Jewish authors, essays,
Terms of Sale
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- Chipping
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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