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The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood - FIRST COMBINED EDITION

$300
£228.08
€263.22
CA$419.92
A$470.20
CHF 245.33
MX$5,729.01
NOK 3,113.01
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DKK 1,964.73
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This American edition of Isherwood's two novels [The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye Berlin] set in Weimar-era Berlin, were originally published by the Hogarth Press (1935 & 1939). They form the basis for the Oscar-winning film, Cabaret, that starred Michael York and Liza Minnelli. New York: New Directions, 1945 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (203 x 140 mm), (6), 207 pp. Grey publisher's cloth with black title and brown graphic element on spine. Original dust jacket with photomontage, somewhat worn on folds and corners, a few chips and tears near head and tail of spine; price ($3.50) intact on front flap; bookseller ticket pasted inside back cover. Condition: Near Fine, with a Good dust-jacket From the estate of Robert Cecil Bald (1901 – 1965), an Australian scholar of English Literature, who moved to the US to teach at Cornell University in 1937 and was then a professor at the University of Chicago from 1952 to 1965.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1945
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Middletown, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BH10671stDibs: LU8340236358502

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