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Eleven first English or American editions of important translations Thomas Mann, et al MANN, Thomas, et al. Group of eleven first English or American editions important literature in translation. London, New York, etc: 1867-1991. Includes first editions in English of Death in Venice, Buddenbrooks and The Tin Drum, and other works by German, Russian, French and Czech authors. Comprises: TURGENEV, Ivan. Fathers and Sons. New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. (Julius Gay ownership stamp to title and ffe, scattered spots). * MANN, Thomas. Buddenbrooks. New York: Knopf, 1924. Two volumes. * MANN, Thomas. Death in Venice. London: Martin Secker, [1928]. With publisher's 4-page prospectus loosely inserted. * DUMAS, Alexandre. A Life's Ambition. London: Stanley Paul & Company, 1924. * MALRAUX, Andre. Man's Fate. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. (Jacket price-clipped.) * SARTRE, Jean-Paul- The Flies (Les Mouches) and In Camera (Huis Close). London: Hamish Hamilton, [1946]. * SARTRE, Jean-Paul- Nausea. [Norfolk, Conn:] New Directions, [1949]. A review copy, with publisher's slip loosely inserted. * SHOLOKHOV, Mikhail. Harvest on the Don. London: Putnam, 1960. (Price-clipped.) * GRASS, Gunter. The Tin Drum. New York: Pantheon Books, [1962]. (Price-clipped). * SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander. Cancer Ward. London: The Bodley Head, [1968]. Two volumes. * KUNDERA, Milan. Immortality. New York: Grover Weidenfeld, 1991. Together, 13 volumes. Octavo. Original cloth or boards; dust jackets except the 1867 Turgenev. (Condition varies, overall very good, some stray ownership and other marks, light shelfwear and fading.) First three titles in custom clamshell boxes.