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The Decasseres Books, Set #1-9 and 11 Exhibitionism; the Individual Against Moloch; Black Suns; the Eternal Return; the Eighth Heaven; Jules De Gaultier and Larochefoucauld; the Elect and the Damned; Saint Tantalus; the Adventures of an Exile; Broken Images
by Decasseres, Benjamin; De Casseres
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Benjamin Decasseres At the Blackstone Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Pamphlet. Booklets 1-9 and 11 of The Decasseres Books, all published in 1936. The booklets are in fair-good condition. Booklets No. 1 and 2 have the most wear, with chipping and loss around the edges, #1 also has a sticker scar on the front cover. The other 8 booklets all have varying degrees of chipping and edgewear. Some of the books still have the loose ad flyer for the set (of 12) tucked inside the front cover. Some of the book blocks are pulling away from the interior of the spines but all are holding together well. These booklets are scarce at all, finding 10 of them at once is surprising! Benjamin DeCasseres (sometimes De Casseres) was a Sephardic New Yorker, journalist and writer, who greatly admired Nietzsche and hyper-individualism, yet who decried both capitalism and socialism. These scarce booklets put forth some of his unusual philosophy. He was read and admired by H. L. Mencken, Jack London and Eugene O'Neill. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Seller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10844
- Title
- The Decasseres Books, Set #1-9 and 11 Exhibitionism; the Individual Against Moloch; Black Suns; the Eternal Return; the Eighth Heaven; Jules De Gaultier and Larochefoucauld; the Elect and the Damned; Saint Tantalus; the Adventures of an Exile; Broken Images
- Author
- Decasseres, Benjamin; De Casseres
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Benjamin Decasseres At the Blackstone Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- American Nietzsche, Anarchism, Superman, Individualism, Sephardim
- Bookseller catalogs
- First/Limited/Signed Editions; Philosophy,Social Sciences;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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