Concerns the relationship between the great Danish astronomer and the younger, intellectually superior Johannes Kepler. This book talks of a conflict that becomes an emblem of the struggle between a weakened tradition and a self-conscious modernity. It conveys the intimate, emotional reality of a seventeenth-century political conflict. Series: Avant-garde & Modernism Collection. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556. 2007. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
New York: Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Clipped dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, several chips and tears, heavily toned, especially on spine, small piece missing at top of spine. Cover has moderate shelfwear, corners, edges, and spine ends rubbed. Sunned. Minor soiling, gilt has dulled. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy. Zweig offers a nuanced, psychological portrait of Marie Antoinetteone that's rich in empathy and aimed to present her not as a mythic figure, but as a complex, often misunderstood human being. He emphasizes her contradictions, emotional struggles, and human vulnerabilities rather than royal grandeur.
Editora Guanabara. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Portuguese. Dust jacket edgeworn and slightly dampstained. Spine slanted. Owner's name on front free endpage.(Brazil, history, travel, books in Portuguese)
London: Pushkin Press, 2016. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾ x 5½ (0.8 kg); pp 216; Translated by Will Stone; Preface by John Gray; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #202498 ||
New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket, very good, 3x3" corner clipped from flyleaf, jacket with light edgewear and toning, but a very nice handsome copy, hard to find in a nice dust jacket.
First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 250 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. One 1/4" tear to top of front panel. Interior is clean and tight. "Zweig is a gripping storyteller and these stories are taut, atmospheric and psychologically astute. Zweig explores the human mind in the grip of obsession, fear, guilt, sexuality and suicide....Each story is gripping and beautifully written." Black spine/White text.
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