Isbn: 9780374256944 - the secret heart of the clock: notes, aphorisms, fragments, 1973-1985 (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth, silver titling to spine. Solid binding, minimal wear. Unmarked. DJ has light edgewear. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.50 inches; 151 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1989. !1st American edition stated. 11pp. Near Fine book in price clipped VG+ DJ. Text block is bright, clean, & free of marks some wear to edges, hinges firm. Boards have some age & shelf wear, but clean & free of blemishes. DJ has some scuffs from shelf wear and 3 small tears: 1" in middle top, 0.5" back top left, and a small ding along edge of back board. Translated by Joel Agee.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Translated from the German by Joel Agee. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Dealing largely with the meaning and significance of words and names in various languages, these jottings and paradoxes, by the Bulgarian-born Nobel Laureate, reflect on the indignity of life, death, reincarnation, longevity and immortality, the development of ritualism in the child, and the importance and gist of Aubrey, Dostoyevski, Kafka, Klaus Mann, Schopenhauer, Sophocles, Walser, Lear, Zola and Cezanne. There are occasional quotations from Plutarch, Soutine, Faulkner ("I never tell reporters the truth"), Wittgenstein and Wisdom of the Fathers. Canetti remarks that 'each sentence connects with another,' but 'between them lie a hundred years.'"--Publishers Weekly. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in an intact dust jacket.…

Zustand: Good. Good, half linen with dust jacket, 151 pp., 23.5x15.7x1.8, translation Joel Agee Light traces of use on wrapper., letterbox mail.