Colby Quarterly

Volume 7 Issue 7 September Article 4

September 1966

A Thomas Mann Collection

Richard Cary

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Colby Library Quarterly 313 A THOMAS MANN COLLECTION By RICHARD CARY

wo summers ago, Mr. John Eastman, Jr., of New York TCity and Skowhegan, Maine, presented to Colby College his thirty-year .accumulation o,f Thomas Mann literary materials. Among these were seventy-six first editions of Mann's boo'ks in German and English, fifty-fo·ur of them presentation copies; eleven periodical articles, nine inscribed by Mann; twelve let­ ters and two postcards written by Mann; a nine-page manu­ script of an essay in German, with accompanying typescript in English; letters by Archibald MacLeish and Sumner Welles concerning Mann; galley proofs of Felix Krull; a scrapbook of reviews and interviews, and other significant memorabilia. Since that time Mr. Eastman has added seriatim a goodly nunl­ ber of other books, letters, and association items, notably the autographed photographs which are reproduced, reduced in size, in this issue. The friendship which developed between Mann and Eastman as a result of the latter's undeterrable quest is recorded in pages preceding these. The portrait which emerges bears small re­ semblance to the Mann generally conceived by readers who did not know him personally. Their impression of the man who produced such formidable epics as The Magic Mountain, the Joseph novels, and Dr. Faustus is that of an icy, enigmatic Olympian minutely acquainted with the destructive duality of good and evil in humankind but unaffected by its writhing con­ sequences. Labeled "a metaphysical pessimist" and likened to DUrer's "Knight between Death and the Devil," this passionless nlaster of technique and esthetic, this marcher through dour labyrinths of the psyche, this bleak, unappeasable ironist in­ spires awe, not love. For those who saw but did not come to know him, the image remained the same: dark, narrow face with prominent nose and punctilious moustache, furrowed cheeks, craggy brows, and glittering forehead - more the Mephistopheles than the Faust. And for those who depend on hearsay for judgment, Janet Flanner notifies that he had no intimate friends, that he was

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314 Colby Library Quarterly more or less "devoid of interest in fiesh-and-blood people." An entire section in Charles Neider's The Stature of Thomas Mann is devoted to reminiscences about the Nobel Prize winner as father, brother, and friend. Each chapter strives, in its way, to bring out his gentler graces, his unpretentiousness in private, his pleasure at traditional family celebrations, his little super­ stitions. Daughter Monika succeeds best at humanizing the titan but, despite this and other evidence, the stamp of Mann as unapproachable Obermann persists. Thus, the following descriptive checklist of Mr. Eastman's gift may serve two useful purposes. The first: to place before scholars hitherto unknown commentary by Mann. The second: to demonstrate again, and perhaps again bootlessly, Thomas Mann's capacity for warmth, humor, and sentiment with "flesh-and-blood people." In his relations with Eastman, Mann evinced these qualities without strain, as the inscriptions re­ veal. It must have been a supre'me moment for young Jack when he discovered that the oracular voice had also an avuncular tone. Only items in the collection inscribed by Thomas Mann are included below. Books and essays written by Mann are listed alphabetically by title; books and articles about Mann, alpha­ betically by author; letters by Mann, chronologically.

I WORKS BY THOMAS MANN

ADEL DES GESTES: Sechzehn Versuche zum Problem der Hu­ manitat. Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1945. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lack Eastman / with all my best Christmas wishes! / These essays will appear in English / very soon and I shall sign them / for you, young friend and collector, / as well. I Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / Dec. 18, 1946 / Thomas Mann.

ANSPRACHE 1M GOETHEJAHR. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1949. Inscribed on front endpaper: lack Eastman / freundlich zugeeignet / Thomas Mann.

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BEKENNTNISSE DES HOCHSTAPLERS FELIX KRULL. Amsterdam: Querido Verlag N.V., 1937. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman / This is a little more than the / story which you may read in / the volume "Stories of Three Decades." / Paci!. Palisades / Febr. 16, 1947 / Thomas Mann.

THE BELOVED RETURNS. LOTTE IN WEIMAR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Limited, signed edition; copy 287 of 395. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lohn Eastman, jr. / who deserves such a fine edition / Paci!. PaUse Cali! / May 17, 1943 / Thomas Mann. Autographed on colophon page: Thomas Mann.

BEMiiHUNGEN: Neue Folge der Gesammelten Abhandlungen und kleinen Aufsatze. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1925. Inscribed on front flyleaf: To Jack Eastman, / the insatiable collector of / T. M. editions / with sincere respect for his stubbornness / P. P. Feb,. 16, 47 / Thomas Mann.

DIE BETROGENE: [Lausanne: F. Wahli, 1953.] A folio 91­ page facsimile of the manuscript, and of Thomas Mann's signature O'D front flyleaf. Copy 166 of 400. "The Bible,," Good Housekeeping, CXIX (August 1944), 17, 141. Inscribed below byline: I think this is the complete englisch version of the manu­ script / you possess. Obviously the editor couldn't bring himself to cut it. / Thomas Mann.

EIN BRIEFWECHSEL. Zurich: Verlag Oprecht, 1937. Inscribed on title page: 1 have written many things against / the Nazi-plague~ but

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316 Colby Library Quarterly these few / words made their way around the / earth and 1 think they will remain· . .. / To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

BUDDENBROOKS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Trans­ lated from the German by H. L. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endp,aper: To John Eastman / a good reader / from / Thomas Mann.

CWLDREN AND FOOLS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Translated from the German by Herman George Schef­ fauer. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lack Eastman / with all my good wishes / Thomas Mann.

THE CITY OF MAN: A Declaration on Wo,rld Democracy. Is­ sued by Herbert Agar, Frank Aydelotte, G. A. Borgese, Hermann Broch, Van Wyck Brooks, Ada L. Comstock, William Yandell Elliott, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, C'hris­ tian Gauss, Oscar Jaszi, Alvin Jo'hnson, Hans, Kohn, Thomas Mann, Lewis Mumford, William Allan Neilson, Reinhold Niebuhr, Gaetano ,Salvemini. New York: Vik­ ing Press, 1941. Autographed on front endpaper: Thomas Mann.

DEUTSCHLAND UND DIE DEUTSCHEN. Stockholm: Berman n­ Fischer Verlag, 1947. Inscribed on front flyleaf: This is a layer of Dr. Faustus / whom you do not know, poor fellow! / Hasten to become a member of the / Book of the Month Club who made / it its choice for one of the next / months! / (1 like this sort 01 co'rrespon- / dence in the form of informal de- / dications.) / To Jack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades / July 28, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

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DOCTOR FAUSTUS. The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverklihn as told by a Friend. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman I hoping that he may not yawn I so much as the American reviewers I Pacif. Palisades, Calif. I 4 November 1948 I Thomas Mann. -'

DOKTOR FAUSTUS. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkiihn, erzahlt vOln einem Freunde. Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1947. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman I cordially I (amplification of this dedi­ cation I follows in the English edition) I P. P. 2 XII 47 I Thomas Mann.

DOKTOR FAUSTUS. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkiihn, erzahlt von einem Freunde. Stockholm: Bennann-Fischer, 1947. Manufacture'd in the United States of America. Reproduced from the typescript. Copy 9 of the first 50 issues, signed. Inscribed on front endpaper: You are quite a frivolous prodigal, my I dear Jacky, to spend so much money I for this cross-breed of a boo'k and of I a manuscript which you even can not read. / But I like this sort of squandering, I find I it very moving and am sincerely proud / of it. Thank you for your faithful­ ness/ / To Jack Eastman I Pacif. Palisades, Calif. I Nov. 6, 1947 I Thomas Mann. Autographed on page following title page: Thomas Mann.

"Dostoevsky - in Moderation," in THE SHORT NOVELS OF DoSTOEVSKY (New York: Dial Press, 1945), vii-xx. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman I with heartiest greetings / from Fjodor and Thomas I Pacif. Palisades I 29 Jan. 1946.

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318 Colby Library Quarterly "The End," Free World, IX (March 1945), 15-18. Inscribed at head of title: To Jack Eastman / who wants to have this melancholy piece too / in his collection. / Thomas Mann.

DER ERwaaLTE. [Frankfurt am Main]: S. Fischer Verlag, 1951. Inscribed on front endpaper: This was done by a better / writer than the teller of / that story HThe Holy Sinner," / whom I will not blame. / To Jack Eastman / with all my good wishes / Oct. 28, 1951 / Thomas Mann.

ESSAYS OF THREE DECADES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman / with cordial Christmas wishes / P. P. 7 XII 47 / Thomas Mann.

"Foreword," in Hermann Hesse, DEMIAN (New York: Henry Holt & Co., [1948], v-xiv. Inscribed on front endpaper: I like to bow and to admire / and so do you. Let us this / time appreciate and admire / together! / To JacR Eastman / Pacil. Palisades / 28 July 1948 / Thomas Mann.

"Foreword," in Gordon Kahn, HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL. The Story of the Ten Who Were Indicted (New York: Bani & Gaer, [1948]), v. Inscribed at end of Foreword: Short and pithy! / To the UnAmerican / Committee­ right into its heart! / To Jack Eastman / T. M.

"From: Diaries, (1933-1934)," Twice A Year, XIV-XV (Fall­ Winter 1946 - 1947), 39 - 50. Translated' by Richard Winston.

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Colby Library Quarterly 319 Inscribed at head of title: To Jack Eastman / these notes de profundis / Thomas Mann. "Germany and the Germans," Yale Review, XXXV (Decem­ ber 1945), 223-241. Inscribed at head of title: To Jack Eastman - with my regrets, that / these poor inscriptions for the time being must / take the place of letters. I am too pressed to / write. / Thomas Mann.

DIE GESCHICHTEN JAAKOBS. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1933. Inscribed on front flyleaf: lack Eastman / dem getreuen Leser und findigen / Samm­ ler, der diese raren Aus- / gaben aufzutreiben wusste / Pacif. Palisades / 22 Sept. 1946 / Thomas Mann. [Jack Eastman, faithful reader and collector, who easily found and who knew to pick up these rare editions.]

DAS GESETZ. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischen Presse, [1944]. Limited, signed edition; copy 125 of 500. Inscribed on front endpaper: The jokes of a poet are more serious than / the gravity of a philistine. / To Jack Eastman / Tlwmas Mann. Autographed on colophon page: Thomas Mann.

GOETHE UNO DIE DEMOKRATIE. Zurich: Verlag Oprecht, [1949]. Inscribed on half-title page: Dem jungen Freunde und treuen Leser / Jack Eastman / mit allen guten Wunschen / Thomas Mann.

"In My Defense," Atlantic Monthly, CLXXIV (October 1944), 100-102. Inscribed at head of title: Once for all and never again! / To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

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320 Colby Library Quarterly "Israel Stands Before Pharao,h," Accent, III (Spring 1943), 171-174. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter [froom Joseph the Provider]. Inscribed at head of title: This is a nice little scene, even separated from / the whole. / To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Translated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front flyleaf: To John Eastman jr. / friend of literature I with my warmest greetings / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / May 7, 1943 I Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH, DER ERNaHRER. Stockholm: Bermann - Fischer Verlag, 1943. Inscribed on front endpaper: This is the gayest volume of the I fo;ur, gayer in German than in I English, though English is gayer / than German. I To lock Eastman / P. P. Dec. 7, 1942 / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH IN AGYPTEN. Wien: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1936. Inscribed on front endpaper: To Jack Eastman / from / Thomas Mann I 7 XII J947.

JOSEPH IN EGYPT. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, 2 vols. Translated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Autographed on front flyleaf, vol. 1: Thomas Mann. Autographed on half-title page, vol. 2: Thomas Mann.

"The Joseph Novels," Atlantic Monthly, CLXXI (February 1943),92-100. Translated by Konrad Katzenellenbogen.

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Colby Library Quarterly 321 Inscribed at head of title: To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH THE PROVIDER. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. Translated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To my young friend / Jack Eastman / hoping that he will enjoy / these serious jests / Paci!. Palisades / June 26, 1944 / Thomas Mann.

DER JUNGE JOSEPH. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1934. Inscribed on front endpaper: Undoubtedly, it has more melody than / any translation. Either you should / learn German or I should le'arn to write English! / To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

DER KLEINE HERR FRIEDEMANN. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1925. Autographed on front endpaper: Thomas Mann.

LEIDEN AN DEUTSCHLAND. TagebuchbUitter aus den Jahren 1933 und 1934. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischen Presse, [1946)]. Limited, signed edition; copy 53 of 500. Inscribed on front endpaper: Dear young friend~ / I am glad to inscribe for you this / small book that contains a piece / of personal history and that shows / how mother Germania is wont to trouble / her sons. - This is not a book meant / for a large pub­ lic but for a circle of / friends which includes / Jack East­ man / Pacific Palisades, Calif / 24 July 1946 / Thomas Mann. Autographed on colophon page: Thomas Mann.

LISTEN, GERMANY! Twenty-five Radio Messages to the German People Over BBC. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

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322 Colby Library Quarterly Autographed on front endpaper: Thomas Mann.

LOTTE IN WEIMAR. Stockho'lm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1939. Inscribed on front endpaper: Dies ist ein ausserordentlich / deutsches Buch, dar! aber in / Deutschland nicht gelesen verden. / Dass ein junger Amerikaner mit- / ten im Kriege mit einem fUTcht- / bar gewordenen Deutschland nach / der deutschen Ausgabe von "Lotte / in Weimar" verlangte ist ein / schones Zeichen geistiger Freiheit. / An lack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades / Neujahr 1945 / Thomas Mann. [This is an unusually German book, but it may not be read in Germany. That a yo'ung American, in the midst of the war with a Germany become terrible, wanted a Ger­ man edition of Lotte in Weimar is a beautiful sign of spiritual freedom.]

THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, 2 vols. Translated frolm the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on half-title page, vol. 1: To John Eastman jr. / a faithful friend of my work / Pacif. Palisades / May 17, 43 / Thomas Mann. Autographed on half-title page, vol. 2: Thomas Mann.

A MAN AND HIs DOG. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Translated by Herman George SchefIauer. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lack Eastman / who indefatigably finds out / more books to be signed / with kindest personal regards / Thomas Mann.

MARIO UND DER ZAUBERER. Ein tragisches Reiseerlebnis. Ber­ lin: S. Fischer Verlag, [1930]. Autographed on front flyleaf: Thomas Mann.

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MEINE ZEIT. Vortrag Gehalten in der Universitat Chicago, Mai 1950. [Amsterdam]: S. Fischer Verlag, 1950. Inscribed on front flyleaf: This man means well, too, / especially for such, a good / old young friend as / Jack Eastman / P. P. Oct. 28, 1951 / Thomas Mann.

NEUE STUDIEN. Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1948. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lack Eastman / with friendly greetings / UDostojewski" and "Nietzsche" / are layers of "Faustus." / Pacif. Pali­ sades, Calif. / Nov. 4, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

NOCTURNES•. With Lithographs by Lynd Ward. New York: Equinox Cooperative Press, Inc., 1934. Limited, signed edition; copy 637 of 1000. Autographe'd on colophon p,age: Thomas Mann.

NOVELLEN. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1922, 2 vols. Copy 21 of 150. Inscribed on front flyleaf, vol. 1: So schon gebunden besass ich / aUe meine Bucher. 1933 sind / sie buchstablich zum Teufel ge- / gangen. Dos Wiedersehen mit dem / blauen Leder hat mich gefreut. Und / Ihnen gonne ich den Besitz, guter / lack! / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / den 22 Sept. 1946 / Thomas Mann. [As beautifully bound were all the books I owned. In 1933 they literally went to the devil. I have enjoyed see­ ing once more that blue leather. And I gladly grant you the possession, good lack.] Autographed on colophon page, vol. 1: Thomas Mann. Inscribed on front endpaper, vol. 2: lack Eastman / Zugeeignet / von / Thomas Mann. Autographed 00 colo~phon page, vol. 2: Thomas Mann.

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QKKULTE ERLEBNISSE. B·erlin: Alf Hager Verlag, [1924]. Limited, signed e.dition; cOlpy 39 of 300. Inscribed on front flyleaf: This is a fine boo'k indeed! Is it / written as well as it is printed and / bound? Don't say anything, young man, you cannot judge! But a piece / of experience it is­ rendered faithfully. That's why it is amusing - if not worthy / of such an outfit. / To Jack Eastman, the great / collector / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / 28 July 1948 / Thomas Mann. Autographed on frontispiece portrait of TM by Karl Danne­ mann: Thomas Mann. Autographed on colophon page: Thomas Mann.

ORDER OF THE DAY. Political Essays and Speeches of Two Dec­ ades. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter, Agnes E. Meyer, and Erie Sutton. Inscribed on front endpaper: To John Eastman, jr. / with the kindest regards / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / May 17, 1943 / Thomas Mann.

PAST MASTERS AND OTHER PAPERS. London,: Martin Seeker, [1933]. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To the good reader / Jack Eastman / with kindest regards / 18 XI, 44 / Thomas Mann.

THE PERMANENT GOETHE. Edited, Selected and with an Intro­ ductio,n by Tho,mas Mann. New York: Dial Press, 1948. Inscribed on front endpaper: This is not my best homage to / Goethe, but it is one of them after / all and I enjoy it more than / any Philologist ever did to see my mortal name connected with his / Im­ mortality. / To Jack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades / 24 July 1948 / Thomas Mann.

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PFITZNERS PALESTRINA. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1919. Inscribed on front flyleaf: ,, Very rare! / I wouldn't write it today, but / it's well writ­ ten. / To lack Eastman, / great collector / Thomas Mann / 7 Dec. 1947.

"Richard Wagner and The Ring of the Nibelungen," Decision, III (January-February 1942), 7-19. TraI1Jslated by Helen T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed at head of title: Even today this seems to me a nice / analysis and apology. / To lock Eastman / Nov. 18,44/ Thomas Mann.

"Roosevelt," Free World, IX (May 1945), 17-18. Inscribed at head of title: To lack Eastman / as a handshake / Thomas Mann.

ROYAL HIGHNESS. A Novel of German Court Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Translated from the German by A. C'ecil Curtis. Autographed on title page: Thomas Mann.

A SKETCH OF My LIFE. Paris: Harrison, [1930]. Translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Copy 519 of 695 on Van Gelder paper. Inscribed on front endpaper: Yau may take this as a rather helpful/supplement to my writings - so far / as it goes. Time will bring some / additional fragments of this kind. / To lack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades / 28 July 1948 / Thomas Mann.

STORIES OF THREE DECADES. New York: Alfred A. Kno1pf, 1936. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

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326 Colby Library Quarterly Inscribed on front flyleaf: To John Eastman jr. / with sincere wishes for his I happi­ ness / from / Thomas Mann.

THE TABLES OF THE LAW. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To my young friend and faithful/reader. / John East­ man jr. / who will recognize behind the jokes / and jests of this story its hidden / seriousness whose aim is the de­ fense / of human civilization. / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / Dec. 8, 1945 / Thomas Mann.

THIS WAR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Autographed o,n front endpaper: Thomas Mann.

THE THOMAS MANN READER. Selected, Arranged, and Edited by Joseph Warner Angell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Inscribed on front flyleaf: To lack Eastman / with kindest regards / Thomas Mann.

"Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Befo·re Me," in Armin L. Robinson (editor), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Ten Short Novels of Hitler's War Against the Moral Code (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943), 3-70. Translated by George R. Marek. Inscribed on front endpaper: To my young friend and most / receptive reader / John Eastman / with cordial wishes / Pacif. Palisades / Ian. 5, 1944 / Thomas Mann.

THREE EsSAYS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Trans­ lated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

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Colby Library Quarterly 327 Inscribed on front endpaper: To John Eastman / from / Thomas Mann.

THE TRANSPOSED HEADS. A Legend of India. New York: Al­ fred A. Knopf, 1941. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper: To lohn Eastman, jr. / grateful for his interest / Pacif. Palis. Calif. / May 17, 1949 / Thomas Mann.

UNORDNUNG UND FRiiHES LEID. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, [1926]. Autographed on half-title page: Thomas Mann.

"War and the Future," Decision, I (February 1941), 11-18. Autographed on frontispiece portrait of TM by Rudolf von Ripper: Thomas Mann.

"What Is German?" Atlantic Monthly, CLXXIII (May 1944), 78-85. Inscribed at head of title: A very fragmentary answer / to the question! / Thomas Mann / (Bad writing paper). [Mann's parenthetical remark is to explain his pen blotting the overly absorbent war-issue paper on which the article is printed.]

YOUNG JOSEPH. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Trans­ lated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe­ Porter. Autographed on front flyleaf: Thomas Mann.

DER ZAUBERBERG. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1924, 2 vols.

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328 Colby Library Quarterly Inscribed on front endpaper, vol. 1: To lack Eastman / from / Thomas Mann. Autographed on front endpaper, vol. 2: Thomas Mann.

II WORKS ABOUT THOMAS MANN

Joseph Gerard Brennan. THOMAS MANN'S WORLD. New York: Columbia University Press, 1942. Inscribed on front endpaper: uPossible que j'ai eu tant d'esprit?/" / To lack Eastman / 18 XI 44 / Thomas Mann. [Mann seems to be twitting the author's statement in the Introduction: uHis histo'ry is one of a spirit born to a romantic heritage and powerfully stimulated by it - a spirit which gradually becomes aware of its own romantic inclinations and, subjecting them to critical analysis, al­ lows some to die away after working them out in creative products, and guides others into new directions."]

David Daiches, Review of JOSEPH THE PROVIDER, A c c en t, V (Autumn 1944),58-59. Inscribed at end of review: Now, then, every thing seems to be all right, / thank you so much for your benevolence! / T. M. [Mann seems to be addressing the reviewer's highly lauda­ tory last paragraph.]

Albert' Guerard, "What We Hope from Thomas Mann," American Scholar, XV (Winter 1945-1946), 35-42. Inscribed at head of title: Don't hope too much! - But this is a fine / article, greatly superior to the banal/denunciation of Mr. Peyre - do you remember? / To lack Eastman / Thomas Mann. [In May 1944 Mann's "What Is German?" appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. It evoked a number of letters to the editor (July 1944), notably that of Professor Henri

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Colby Library Quarterly 329 Peyre which accused Mann of influencing his readers to Hdissociate the German people from the Nazis." Mann wrote "In My Defense" for the October issue, scoring the "political bias of Professor Peyre," who had the last word in this logomachy in a December letter which concluded that Uthe great German writer" was "guilty of a discreet sin of onlission."]

Henry Hatfield. THOMAS MANN. Norfolk, Conn.: New Direc­ tions Books, [1951]. Inscribed on front endpaper: He means well, this man, and / he is right with his "be_ tween / tradition and experiment." / To Jack Eastman / with friendly greetings / Oct. 28, 1951 / Thomas Mann.

Viktor Mann. WIR WAREN FliNF. Biidnis der Famiiie ?viann. !(onstanz: Sudverlag, [1949]. Inscribed on front endpaper: An Jack Eastman / in Vertretung des entschwundenen / Autors / Thomas Mann.

Charles Neider (editor). THE STATURE OF THOMAS MANN. New York: New Directions, [1947]. Inscribed on front endpaper: This strange book has amazed / and irritated many peo­ ple - a / certain sort 0/ people. Perhaps / it was not wise to publish it. / It is just a book for friends, a / book for you. / To Jack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / July 28, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

Walter H. Perl. THOMAS MANN, 1933-1945. Yom deutschen Humanisten zum amerikanischen Weltbuerger. New York: Verlag Friedrich Krause, 1945. Inscribed on verso of title page: This is quite good, not very / good, but pretty good. / To Jack Eastman / the hero of this nice booklet. / T. M.

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330 Colby Library Quarterly Harry Slochower, "Mann's Latest Novels," Accent, IV (Au­ tumn 1943), 3-8. Inscribed at head o,f title: To lack Eastman I who is interested not only in what I write, but also in I things intelligent people write on me. I T.M.

Harry Slochower, "Tho'mas Mann" in No VOICE Is WHOLLY LOST '(New York: Creative Age Press, [1945]), 332-367. Inscribed in top margin, p. 332: This marks my way pretty well. But the whole I book indicates a way - and my place is on the end where it transcends into something I new. I T. M.

Harry Slochower. THOMAS MANN'S JOSEPH STORY. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. Autographed on front endpaper: Thomas Mann.

ill FROM THOMAS MANN'S LIBRARY

Stanton Lawrence Wormley. HEINE IN ENGLAND. Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1943. Penciled notes in Mann's handwriting on the front endpaper, marginal pencil scarings, and occasional underlining of words and phrases in the text.

IV LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT BY THOMAS MANN Typed letter signed (TLS) fro:m Pacific Palisades, California, March 31, [1943], 1 p. (Regarding the English edition of the final volume of the loseph sto,ries, and inscribing and remitting Eastman's books via the po,stal system.) TLS froim Pacific Palisades, California, December 27, 1943, 1 p. (Refers to his meeting with Eastman during TM's recent trip east.)

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Colby Library Quarterly 331 TLS from Pacific P'alisades, Califo1rnia, May 11, 1944, 2 pp. (A gift of the nlanuscript of "Vom Buch der Bucher und Joseph" to Eastman.) TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, May 27, 1944, 1 p. (Regarding Mann's article "The Bible" in Good House­ keeping magazine.) TLS fro'm Pacific Palisades, California, July 5, 1944, 1 p. (Concerning Eastman's annual award of a set of Mann books to a student at Deerfield Academy for meritorious achievements. ) TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, November 13, 1944, 1 p. (About the two most recent presidential candidates, and the typescript of the English translation, "The Bible.") Typed copy of letter now at Deerfield Academy, Massachu­ setts, from Pacific Palisades, California, March 6, 1945, 1 p. (On the occasion o,f the presentation of an award for excellent achievement in the field of literature to a member of the senior class, established by John East­ man.) TLS from Pacific Palisades, C'alifornia, August 18, 1945, 2 pp. (TM has returned from a six-weeks lecture tour to Wash­ ington, New York, and Chicago. Is now devoting himself "to the extensive novel upon which I have embarked ,so late in life.") TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, February 15, 1947, 1 p. (Reluctantly declines to attend graduation exercises at Deerfield Academy, for his time o,n the east coast is limited before he sails for Europe.) TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, November 13, 1950, 1 p.. (Apologizes for meager inscriptions in book due to work on a novel, and gives an opinion on the Korean war.) Holograph letter signed "T. M." from Pacific Palisades, Cali­ fornia, November 27, 1950, 1 p. (Thanks Eastman for the return of a book as a gift.)

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332 Colby Library Quarterly TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, October 27, 1951, 1 p. (Congratulates Eastman on his engagement, and char­ acterizes critics of the New Yorker and the Nation as "quite lukewarm and unsusceptible to the pleasure" of The Holy Sinner.) Holograph postcard from Pacific Palisades, California, n.d.: "Heartfelt thanks! / Thomas Mann." (Eastman's note: "Sent to me, when I was in Okinawa, in August 1945. I think it must have been in response to my letter of birth­ day congratulations.") Holograph postcard from Erlenbach, [Zurich], January 6, 1954. (Thanks for the Christmas card, and felicitations for the New Year.) Manuscript in German of the article "Vom Buch der BUcher und Joseph," which appeared as "The Bible" in Good Housekeeping magazine, 9 pp. Inscribed in bottom mar­ gin of last page: "This manuscript I dedicate to my young /friend John Eastman. / Pacif. Palisades, May 9, 1944 / Thomas Mann." Typescript, English translation of above article, 7 pp.

V PHOTOGRAPH OF THOMAS MANN Photo-portrait by G. Gottlieb. 71h x 9~ inches. Inscribed in bottom margin: To Jack Eastman with thanks for his / wide-awake interest / Thomas Mann.

Editor's note: This tabulation includes all of Mr. Eastman's gifts of Thomas Mann autograph materials to date. To keep the current record complete, two contributions by other friends are hereby noted: 1) From Mr. H. W. Pier:

JOSEPH IN EGYPT. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, 2 vols.

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Colby Library Quarterly 333 Translated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed on front endpaper, vol. 1: To Mr. H. W. Pier / with kindest personal regards / Princeton 27 IV 39 / Thomas Mann.

2) From the Colby Library Associates:

THAMAR. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischen Presse, [1942]. Limited, signed edition; copy 40 of 250. Autograph on colophon page: Thomas Mann.

I wish also to acknowledge the aid of my colleague, Professor Henry O. Schmidt, for patient deciphering of Mann's Gothic cacography and for providing translations where they seemed helpful.

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