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New York: Hastings House, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Translated and edited by Henry G. Alsberg with the assistance of Erna MacArthur. A few pages and text block faintly stained at the bottom, covers with light edgewear, very good in a slightly spine-tanned good only dust jacket with two large tears on the front panel, a 1" chip on the rear panel, faint stains and several small chips and tears.

Garden City Ny: Garden City Publishing, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ix, 337 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Former Owner's Inscription Dated In 1947. Dust Jacket With Light Usage, Price Inked Out, A Few Minute Losses At Edges, Slight Browning To Spine Panel. [No Comparably Lurid Volume Of "Horrid Economic Crimes" Because , Well, Almost Everyone In Commerce And Government And Academia Would Find That Objectionable.]

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. First Paperback edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Paperback edition. Original Wraps. Underlining by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Near fine. Glossy pictorial wrappers. 8vo. xvi, 472pp. Illus. (b/w). All underlining, emphasis, and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks.

NY:: Harmony Books,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0517545535 . With an introduction by John Fowles. Translated from the German by Jill Sutcliffe. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine (age toning to flap edges) dust jacket.; 250 pages .

NY:: Hastings House,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Translated from the German and edited by Henry G. Alsberg. First edition thus. INSCRIBED by Friderike Zweig to a previous owner in 1958. Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a large chip on the front panel) dust jacket. ; 344 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Viking Press, 1928. First Thus. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's cloth in light tan decorative dust jacket printed in brown and orange; [6],187pp.; frontispiece and decorations throughout. Jacket extremities gently rubbed, small chip at spine crown, spine a bit toned, else Near Fine in Very Good or better jacket. "A New York Theatre Guild Production" - upper jacket panel. A modern adaptation of Jonson's 17th-c. comedy; this version was later adapted for George Antheil's 1953 opera.

Wien Leipzig Zurich: Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 21 Tafeln. 526 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Brown And Gilt. First Printing. Fine. Dust Jacket Browned, Light Wear, A Few Very Tiny Edge Ters, Damp Spotting To Spine. Original Slipcase / Shipping Carton

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.