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The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi] (In a new translation by Richard and Clara Winston. With a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski)

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The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi] (In a new translation by Richard and Clara Winston. With a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski)

by Hesse, Herman

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Uncorrected Proof. 418pp. By Crane Duplicating Service Inc. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Yellow wrappers, spiral bound. Some darkening at top of front wrapper, else fine, with Publisher's label with price and publication date affixed to first page at bottom. Uncorrected Proof. 418pp. By Crane Duplicating Service Inc. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Rare. The edition all baby boomers read and some reread.

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The Glass Bead Game is the last work and magnum opus of the German author Hermann Hesse. Begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943, after being rejected for publication in Germany, the book was mentioned in Hesse's citation for the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Title
The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi] (In a new translation by Richard and Clara Winston. With a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski)
Author
Hesse, Herman
Format/Binding
418pp. By Crane Duplicating Service Inc. 1 vols. Tall 8vo
Book Condition
Used - Yellow wrappers, spiral bound. Some darkening at top of front wrapper, else fine, with Publisher's label with price and publicat
Quantity Available
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Edition
Uncorrected Proof
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1969
Keywords
Literature | German
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