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Letters to Konrad Kellen Thomas Mann, 1943-1954
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MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). An archive of his letters to Konrad Kellen, 1943-1954, together with a signed photograph and a volume of his work inscribed to Kellen, who served as Thomas Mann's secretary from 1941 to 1943. During that time, Kellen transcribed Mann's manuscript of
Joseph the Provider as well as the final volume of the Joseph tetralogy.
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Includes:] Autograph manuscript, n.p., [c. 1939-1943]. One page, 230 x 177m (sight). A manuscript leaf from an unidentified work by Mann. [
Matted With:] A photograph of Mann, signed and inscribed on the mount to Kellen: ("Konrad Katzenellenbogen dankbar für seine Hilfe Thomas Mann"). Silver gelatin print 120 x 170mm on a 220 x 160mm mount (sight). (Toned at margins, not examined out of mat). * Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Mann"), Pacific Palisades, 19 August 1943. In German. Four pages, bifolium, 215 x 140mm. (toned at folds, mild dampstaining). Expressing his joy to hear that Kellen had arrived at "'basic training'". * Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Mann"), Pacific Palisades, 27 August 1946. Two pages, 216 x 138mm. (toned and stained at top left). Discussing the destruction of Berlin, and his approval of Steinberger's essay on Mann. * Typed letter signed ("Thomas Mann") Zurich, 6 October 1954. In German. One page, 280 x 215mm. Mann is pleased that Kellen is doing better after his psychoanalytical treatment. He then discusses the memoirs of Felix Krull and promises to include Konni in his dedication, acknowledging his assistance. * His signature ("Thomas Mann") at the bottom of a blank page of his Pacific Palisades stationery. One page, 27 x 185mm. * MANN, Thomas.
The Beloved Returns: Lotte in Weimar. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First American edition. Octavo (190 x 130mm). Inscribed in ink on front free endleaf and signed ("Thomas Mann") and inscribed to Virginia and Konrad Kellen on the occasion of their marriage, 6 March 1940. Publisher's black cloth, Mann's initials tooled on upper cover in blind, spine lettered in gold, top edge red (stain on upper cover, light scratches, spine head and tail worn, spine discolored with loss of gold).
Provenance: Konrad Kellen —(by descent) the consignor.
Konrad Kellen (1913–2007) was a German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst, and author. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Berlin, his mother Estella Katzenellenbogen enjoyed an intimate relationship with Albert Einstein. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and eventually settled in the United States, where he became a citizen and served as private secretary to Thomas Mann from 1941 to 1943. During World War II, Kellen was part of the U.S. Army’s intelligence unit and later worked in psychological warfare, earning the Legion of Merit. He became known for his contrarian insights at the RAND Corporation, particularly his early and controversial conclusion that the Vietnam War was unwinnable due to high enemy morale—an assessment that diverged sharply from prevailing U.S. views. Kellen also studied the motivations of terrorists and defectors from behind the Iron Curtain, and authored several books, including a biography of Khrushchev and a sociological study:
The Coming Age of Woman Power.
Joseph the Provider as well as the final volume of the Joseph tetralogy.
[
Includes:] Autograph manuscript, n.p., [c. 1939-1943]. One page, 230 x 177m (sight). A manuscript leaf from an unidentified work by Mann. [
Matted With:] A photograph of Mann, signed and inscribed on the mount to Kellen: ("Konrad Katzenellenbogen dankbar für seine Hilfe Thomas Mann"). Silver gelatin print 120 x 170mm on a 220 x 160mm mount (sight). (Toned at margins, not examined out of mat). * Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Mann"), Pacific Palisades, 19 August 1943. In German. Four pages, bifolium, 215 x 140mm. (toned at folds, mild dampstaining). Expressing his joy to hear that Kellen had arrived at "'basic training'". * Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Mann"), Pacific Palisades, 27 August 1946. Two pages, 216 x 138mm. (toned and stained at top left). Discussing the destruction of Berlin, and his approval of Steinberger's essay on Mann. * Typed letter signed ("Thomas Mann") Zurich, 6 October 1954. In German. One page, 280 x 215mm. Mann is pleased that Kellen is doing better after his psychoanalytical treatment. He then discusses the memoirs of Felix Krull and promises to include Konni in his dedication, acknowledging his assistance. * His signature ("Thomas Mann") at the bottom of a blank page of his Pacific Palisades stationery. One page, 27 x 185mm. * MANN, Thomas.
The Beloved Returns: Lotte in Weimar. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First American edition. Octavo (190 x 130mm). Inscribed in ink on front free endleaf and signed ("Thomas Mann") and inscribed to Virginia and Konrad Kellen on the occasion of their marriage, 6 March 1940. Publisher's black cloth, Mann's initials tooled on upper cover in blind, spine lettered in gold, top edge red (stain on upper cover, light scratches, spine head and tail worn, spine discolored with loss of gold).
Provenance: Konrad Kellen —(by descent) the consignor.
Konrad Kellen (1913–2007) was a German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst, and author. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Berlin, his mother Estella Katzenellenbogen enjoyed an intimate relationship with Albert Einstein. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and eventually settled in the United States, where he became a citizen and served as private secretary to Thomas Mann from 1941 to 1943. During World War II, Kellen was part of the U.S. Army’s intelligence unit and later worked in psychological warfare, earning the Legion of Merit. He became known for his contrarian insights at the RAND Corporation, particularly his early and controversial conclusion that the Vietnam War was unwinnable due to high enemy morale—an assessment that diverged sharply from prevailing U.S. views. Kellen also studied the motivations of terrorists and defectors from behind the Iron Curtain, and authored several books, including a biography of Khrushchev and a sociological study:
The Coming Age of Woman Power.
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