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London, etc. : Cassell, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 22 cm. Notes; Transl. from Maria Stuart, Austria 1935; Engl. transln 1st pubd 1935. Ownership inscription dated 1941; acquired 1986. Subjects; Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587. Queens Mary Stuart, queen of Scots. Biography Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Scotland History 16th Century.

Modern Library. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Clean book, in gray cloth with bright green-blocked titles, front and spine; in dust jacket with 1" loss to top of spine." 95 cents a copy" to front flap. ; Modern Library; Vol. 90; 384 pages .

Esslingen, Bechtle Verlag, 1949, 1949-01-01. hardcover. Very Good++/Good. 0x0x0. 1949 Esslingen. Prev owner name inside cover else book is very clean tight and bright, red cloth hardcover is clean and bright. DJ is rubbed/worn at all edges

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Other Press, New York NY, 2014.. Octavo; hardcover, with silver gilt spine titling; 390pp., untrimmed, with monochrome illustrations. Minor wear. Dustwrapper. Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "From his new home in the 'lush perch' of nearby Petropolis, the emigre Viennese bestseller relished the warmth, grace and tolerance of Brazil's 'new kind of civilisation', with its blessed absence of racism. Meanwhile, in the Nazi-occupied Europe that the literary superstar had fled, total war had reached its deep midnight. With his younger second wife Lotte Altmann chronically ill, his peers scattered and the 'posthumous existence' of the exile closing in, his depression deepened. A few days later, he took a fatal dose of barbiturate; Lotte followed him. Although their double suicide seemed to ratify Goebbels' grim jest about artistic emigres as 'cadavers on leave', the shock stiffened the resolve of Zweig's many friends in the anti-Hitler diaspora. The New York Times ran a heartfelt editorial: not the refugees but the Nazis, it said, were the real exiles from civilisation, 'branded with the mark of Cain'. By the end of 1942, after El Alamein and Stalingrad, a faint daybreak began. Zweig would never see that dawn. Thoughtful, evocative and quietly gripping, George Prochnik's book about Zweig's exemplary exile does not offer a cradle-to-grave biography. Oliver Matuschek, whom he fully credits, did that job superbly in 2011. Rather, The Impossible Exile braids this hugely successful writer's ordeal of dispossession and homelessness after 1934 with the trajectory of Prochnik's own family - like Zweig's, Viennese Jews who moved to the Americas. He also travels in his subject's footsteps and crafts aphorism-studded reflections on his work, life and times. If such a hybrid genre presents pitfalls for the writer, it can also deliver rich rewards. Rebecca Mead, for one, reaped them in her fine book about a lifetime's journey with George Eliot, The Road to Middlemarch. If this equally subtle blend invites that comparison, it may not be pure coincidence. George Prochnik and Rebecca Mead are husband and wife. .. Prochnik can pay homage to this big-hearted, hyper-active visionary with a 'genius for friendship' without making him the equal in exile of Thomas Mann or Sigmund Freud - whose eulogy Zweig delivered at Golders Green cemetery in 1939.Typically, it fell to Zweig - the ultimate networker and stalwart volunteer - to do the job. Up the road in Hampstead, Prochnik speaks with Lotte's niece Eva, who as a child lived with the couple. Now in her eighties, Eva can look back on a long, rich career in the health service and as a mentor for young musicians. Despairing solitude snuffed out Zweig's own hopes. Yet his books endure - re-translated recently to loud acclaim - while those he nurtured would heal a wounded world. Through the lives and minds of others, the exile rebuilt his home." - Boyd Tonkin

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in a good plus dust jacket; Book shows rubbing of spine/panels, dust jacket shows rubbing, tearing on edges.

Frankfurt: Fischer, 1983. Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden; 315 S.; 2. Aufl., 6. - 7. Tausend; Widmungsblatt mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift von Engelbert Heidkamp (Bauunternehmen). Leinen. Tadellos/Sehr guter Schutzumschlag. 18,3 cm.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1950 Previous owner's inked name on ffep and light pencil underlining on about 20 pages, else textblock and binding is clean and tight overall. lightly rubbed and edge-worn, unclipped dust jacket. 468pp.; including index . Hallam Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Plates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.