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London: Cassell, 1950. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. xviii,468pp, index. Dec. cloth in matching def dj. Hallam edition Size: 8vo

Paris: Editions Stock, 1945. 169 pp. Paper aging, opens flat. Could be gently read. "Traduit de l'allemand par Alzir Hella et Olivier Bournac, préface de Romain Rolland." "Soudain, je me jetai sur la table, je sortis us paquet de papier a lettres et me mis a lui ecrire . . . a lui ecrire une lettre plaintive comme les lamentations d'un chien, dans lequelle j'implorais de me pardonner, lui disais etre un fou, un criminel . . .dans laquelle je la conjurais d'avoir confiance en moi. . . . Je lui faisais le serment de disparaitre aussitot apres de la ville, de la colonie, si elle le voulait, du monde. . . . Il fallait qu'elle m'accordat son pardon et son confiance, se laissat assister, maintenant qu'il etait temps, grand temps. . . J'ecrivis ainsi vingt pages fievreuses. Ce devant un lettre folle, incroyable, delirante...". Wraps. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

There is a former owner's gift inscription on the front endsheet.

W.H. Allen. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. Hardback. Dust jacket is edgeworn with small areas of loss to corners and upper/lower spine, black ink marks to edges of front, price clipped; boards are clean, gilt titling faded and darkened, corners sharp; binding is tight except joint exposed between pp48.9; pages are unmarked aside from previous owner's ink signature on front endpaper, previous seller's bookplate on front pastedown. ; 5.25 x 1 x 8 inches; 191 pages .

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.

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.

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.

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.