Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Description: 57 pp. boards a little bowed, crown of spine chipped, and first few and last few pp slightly foxed else a good to very good copy in original patterned paper over boards with printed paper spine label
Seller: stephens bookstore, scranton, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: , Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939. Masses and man. A fragment of the social revolution of the twentieth century. Translated from the German by Vera Mendel. London : Nonesuch Press, 1923, x, 57pp., good decorated black and white hardcover, light wear around edges, some glue bleed through on endpapers, previous owner's name illegible on front endpaper. 4 black and white images tipped in.
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.87 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 58pp, original decorative boards (a little worn), endpapers and untrimmed edges a little browned or foxed, overall a very good copy.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 58pp 1st English edition. Tipped in photograph of the first (?) production. Attractive paper covered boards. Edges dulled and with slight foxing; endpapers marked, probably in printing. Otherwise a very clean copy. No distwrapper.
Seller: Left On The Shelf (PBFA), Kendal, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.56 + shipping
Description: 57pp. 8vo. Original patterned boards, sunned on spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Spare title label at rear. A very good copy. First UK edition.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$31.25 + shipping
Description: First edition in English, 12mo, pp. x, [2], 57, [1]; photogravure frontispiece and 3 other gravures mounted to text pages; original paper-covered boards batik printed with black zigzag design, printed paper label on spine, and a spare tipped in at back; the spine faded with all joints beginning to crack and portions of the paper label chipped away, though not affecting text; still good and sound. Written while Toller (1893-1936), a left-wing activist and player in the Bavarian revolution, was imprisoned for high treason. The illustrations show scenes from the 1921 Volksbuhne production. With a "Note on the Production of 'Masses and Man'" by Jurgen Fehling.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition in English. Translated from the German 'Masse Mensch' by Vera Mendel. The first book by Ernst Toller to be translated into English. With four photographs printed by photogravure and tipped in, including a frontispiece. ***Very good in striking Batik paper covered boards, printed with a repeated zigzag pattern in cream. Name inked out on recto of title-page. Off-setting to rear endpaper. Corners frayed and bumped. Spine professionally rebacked. ***Translated from the original German by Vera Mendel, this is the complete text of the play based around the social revolution of the 20th Century, first produced in Germany in 1921. *** With a two-page introduction -' The Author to the Producer, October 1921' and Jürgen Fehlings' essay, 'Note on the Production of Masses and Man', bookend Toller's play, penned during his imprisonment at Niederschönenfeld following his involvement in the establishment of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic. ***A scarce and fragile book. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.***
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$32.49 + shipping
Description: Translated from the German by Vera Mendel. Monochrome paper covered boards in good condition despite a little sunning to the spine, white paper title band partly detached. Untrimmed edges. Pages clean with just the very occasional spot of foxing. pp. x 58. Overall a good copy.nbsp;
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$49.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First English edition hardback, 1923, with unclipped jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with some signs of handling and storage - original black and cream zig-zag-print paper-covered boards, with cream title label to spine, are tanned to spine and rubbed to edges with small chip to backstrip at spine head. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; rough-trimmed page-ends and endpapers tanned but text bright and clear throughout. Frontispiece tipped-in photograph of The Guide and The Woman by Lisi Jessen from the Volksbuhne production. Not an old library book. Photograph available.
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Description: First edition in English, 12mo, pp. x, [2], 57, [1]; photogravure frontispiece and 3 other gravures mounted to text pages; original paper-covered boards batik printed with black zigzag design, printed paper label on spine, and a spare tipped in at back; the spine a bit toned, else very good. Written while Toller (1893-1936), a left-wing activist and player in the Bavarian revolution, was imprisoned for high treason. The illustrations show scenes from the 1921 Volksbuhne production. With a "Note on the Production of 'Masses and Man'" by Jurgen Fehling.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Toller, Ernest. MASSES AND MAN. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1923.
Price: US$63.83 + shipping
Description: A fragment of the social revolution of the Twentieth Century. Translated from the German by Vera Mendel. Note on the production of "Masses and Ma' by Jurgen Fehling. Pp. [xii]+58, hand-tipped photogravure frontispiece and three plates; cr. 8vo; black batik patterned papered boards, printed title label on spine (spare title label tipped-in at end), edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the spine (and label) faded; uncut; text block faintly browned, outer leaves and edges foxed; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1923. Unlimited edition. McKitterick 8. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label above the earlier armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond on the upper pastedown. The first translation of Toller's work into English. Masse-Mensch was first produced in Nuremberg at the Stadttheater in November 1920, with an English production by Lewis Casson and the Stage Society at the New Theatre in May 1924. 'Ernst Toller (1893-1939), son of a Jewish merchant, fought in the German army in World War I, but was invalided out. He set up the Students League for Peace in Heidelberg and later organized a strike among the munition workers. He was imprisoned until 1918 and became a communist; on his release he was elected the first President of the Bavarian Republic; he was seized and sentenced to death, but the solders refused to fire, and his sentence was commuted. From 1919 to 1924 he was in prison where he wrote Expressionist poems and plays' [McKitterick p. 179].
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$64.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first English edition of Toller's play, originally written in 1919 (and apparently the first English translation of any of his writings). Crown 8vo. x, 58pp. Black and fawn batik boards with a paper spine label (and a spare tipped to the rear pastedown). With four tipped-in photogravures. Boards lightly faded at the backstrip and with just a touch of wear to one or two extremities. A little faint browning to the free endpapers. Many gatherings uncut. A super copy. A two-page introduction ('The Author to the Producer, October 1921') and Jürgen Fehlings' essay, 'Note on the Production of Masses and Man', bookend Toller's play, penned during his imprisonment at Niederschönenfeld following his involvement in the establishment of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.96 + shipping
Description: Design decorated boards, good. Edges bumped and dust dulled as with age. Spine headband chipped with some tape repair residue. Overall, remains quite a strong, clean copy. ; 58 pages; Description: x, 58 p. Mounted illus. 20 cm. Subjects: Social Revolution--Ernst Toller. Notes: Translation of Masse-mensch. Complete with production notes by Jurgen Fehling. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Description: Design decorated boards, good. Edges bumped and dust dulled as with age. Spine headband chipped with some tape repair residue. Overall, remains quite a strong, clean copy. ; 58 pages; Description: x, 58 p. Mounted illus. 20 cm. Subjects: Social Revolution--Ernst Toller. Notes: Translation of Masse-mensch. Complete with production notes by Jurgen Fehling. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition. Translated by Vera Mendel. Decorated paper over boards with printed paper spine label. Wear at the spine ends, very good or better.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition thus. Four photographs printed by photogravure and tipped in, including frontispiece. 58 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dreyfus 8 Batik-printed paper-covered boards. Spine darkened, else Fine Four photographs printed by photogravure and tipped in, including frontispiece. 58 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.