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First Edition: THE VIKING PRESS, 1946. hard cover with dj. very good with dj.

H. Good. The Viking Press, 1934. First edition. Spine is chipped at the top. Small tear to the bottom front DJ. DJ is water stained but not wrinkled. In mylar. Spine chipped

New York: Viking Press, 1934. 1st U.S. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 247pp.; HB off-white w/red; rubbed, soiled & foxed; wear on corners; heavy fox, spine; bleed thru & fox on endpapers & paste downs.; info note tipped in, front endpaper; PONstamp; clean, tight pgs. DJ light brown. w/brown & red portrait cover; heavy rub w/stains; wear on edges & corners; heavy sun on spine; chips & tears. Biography. some illus.

Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of German, University of Otago, 1991. Letters between these two Austrian writers, both of whom, among other things, were librettists for composer Richard Strauss, whose correspondence with each man was published in the 1950s. Introductory text & commentary in English; the letters & appendixes are in German, untranslated. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, binding slightly 'sprung' at the dedication page; jacket shows some edgewear & creasing; gift label on free endsheet - part of the Austrian government's attempt to popularize Austrian literature. Text clean; 350 pages; indexes, bibliography, appendixes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Slight toning, else content appears as unblemished with near fine, decorated, oatmeal colored, Cloth covered boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear, in DJ displaying major surface/edge wear as shown, with reinforced and repaired chipping and tears, as shown. Many of my books are from the 19th Century. Books were not written in at that time, instead an index card with info. Am enclosing the one found in this book for you. Enjoy.The greatest and most brilliant star of his century... His numerous works, written in Latin, sleep undisturbed upon the shelves of libraries; hardly a single one of them, though in their day they enjoyed worldwide fame, has any message to our epoch." - from page 3.Synopsis: The greatest and most brilliant star of his century… His numerous works, written in Latin, sleep undisturbed upon the shelves of libraries; hardly a single one of them, though in their day they enjoyed worldwide fame, has any message to our epoch." – from page 3. The success of Marie Antoinette the brilliant genius of the biographer himself, entitle this book to a place on the Must list. But the subject matter of necessity limits his scope, for source material is inadequate, and Erasmus is still somewhat shrouded in mystery. This is a ruthless, clinical study of a man who, almost forgotten today, was in his time courted by kings, princes and popes. Idealist, humanist, supernationalist, scholar, individualist to the point of weakness, a coward in his avoidance of the position of leadership in a world demanding a leader, but giving the necessary push to the Reformation, with rapier-like thrust. The book is a character analysis rather than a biography. The early part seems at times padded. But with the stirring narrative of the fight between Luther and Erasmus the story gathers speed, ending with Erasmus' death in Basle. A merciless and brilliant book; Zweig gives his subject full mood of praise and unsparing criticism. Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise. Written 10.24.2012SK #5860-102921 Img.7223-102921 Updated 9.8.25

Viking, 1928. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. . Very good condition./Very good dust jacket. . B&W Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley Not price clipped $2.00. No previous owner's marks. No underlining or marks in text. A very nice copy.

New York: The Viking Press, 1927. Solid copy in its first printing. Prolific author was popular and friends with Freud and Strauss. Left Germany (Austria) in 1934-35 because of the Nazi rise. Brown boards with gold lettering and design. Lettering on spine faded but front or top board bright. Light wear at spine ends and one tip. Vintage bookplate on front pastedown. Price intact jacket ($2.50) has shallow chip at head of spine and smaller chip at its base. Small chip on back panel near rear fold. Three novelettes. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1931. First American Edition. First printing. 12mo. Yellow cloth, titled in maroon on spine with color pictorial vignette to front cover; dark green topstain; 121pp. Light soiling to cloth, else a straight, tight, Near Fine copy. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 on front flap), lightly soiled but generally bright and unfaded, Very Good+. Zweig's controversial novella, originally published in the Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse in 1922. The story, filled with Freudian references, deals with the romantic obsession of an abortionist with one of his patients, leading finally to her death and his suicide – almost needless to say, this was hardly the drink of choice for Americans in the Great Depression; the print run must have been small and sales smaller still, as today the book is unexpectedly scarce in commerce, and rarely found in nice condition.

New York. 1942. February 1942. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. Translated from the German by Andrew St. James. 140 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by I. Steinberg. keywords: Europe Germany Literature Translated History Biography World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Did Amerigo Vespucci discover America? He did not. Did he first set foot upon the mainland? He did not. Did he ever claim either of these achievements, or suggest that his name be bestowed upon this mundus novus? A proposal so audacious would never have occurred to him. By what grotesque coincidence, then, did �America' become the name of that new world which should have been called �Columbia'? In this erudite and witty book, Zweig untangles the snarl of accident and forgery that produced so astonishing a denouement. Once on the trail of this grandiose case of mistaken identity, Zweig fills in with rapid, revealing strokes the background against which it took place. He pictures the drugged world of the Middle Ages slowly regaining consciousness, reaching out to embrace all knowledge, to dare all unknown dangers, to grasp to itself the riches of an earth whose scope it had just begun to comprehend. He evaluates Vespucci's actual contribution to that greatest age of discovery, shows how an unsought notoriety was thrust upon him, and how he, the most honest and modest of men, was vilified for generations as a liar and braggart. Zweig's powers of characterization, his unerring faculty for getting at the import ant truth in the morass of ancient fact, have made him one of the most popular historians and biographers of our day. He has never had a subject better suited to his talents. inventory #7400