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Pleasantville, New York: The Reader's Digest Association, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Octavo. 607pp. Front hinge cracked with boards severely bowed, a good only copy in a very good dust jacket with short tears on edges. *The Red Pony* by John Steinbeck, *Good-bye, Mr. Chips* by James Hilton, *Night Flight* by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, *Love of Seven Dolls* by Paul Gallico, *Meeting with a Great Beast* by Leonard Wibberly, *The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve* by Paul Horgan, *The Royal Game* by Stefan Zweig, *The Grass Harp* by Truman Capote, "The Apple Tree* by John Galsworthy, and *Winter Thunder* by Mari Sandoz.

First edition first printing of this collection of short crime stories. Some of the collected are: That Evenin' Sun Do Down by William Faulkner, The Chink and the Child by Thomas Burke, The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, The Guilty Party by O. Henry. 21 stories in total. There is a 2 inch semi closed tear to the dustjacket's rear panel bottom edge. Price clipped otherwise in very good / good condition.

London: Pushkin Press, 2017. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Translated from the German by Will Stone. Foreword by John Gray. Trade paperback. Tiny creases on page corners at the rear of book, rear corner slightly bumped, near fine.

New York: Hastings House, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. vi, 344 pp. Translated and Edited by Henry G. Alsberg with the assistance of Erna MacArthur. Some bruising to bottom edges of covers, minor edgewear, two small tape marks on ffep.

NY: Dutton/Obelish. (1983). First thus. Slight foxing, light crease and wear to spine; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Santiago, Chile: Undo Rukser and Albert Theile, Publishers, 1944. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps 40 pp. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. A single issue of this World War II era German exile periodical, featuring articles on various political, literary and social topics of that era, including a critical piece on Hitler and the ruin of Germany through his rule. With an excerpt reprinted from Stefan Zweig's Episode am Genfer See. According to Ralph Vander Heide, the Deutsche Blatter 'ranks highest among the numerous exile periodicals (...) between the years 1933-1945,' with Robert Cazden stating that it 'represented the best of all German cultural achievement during emigration,' (see Heide: German Leaves, p. 17 for both quotes). GOOD condition. Some writing/ink notes to the upper front cover. Moderate browning, somewhat heavier along the extremities. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Light toning to the paper.

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 Comparable Volume Of "Economic Crimes" Because , Well, Almost Everyone In Commerce Would Find That More Or Less Objectionable.]

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Hardcover. Good+/ Good+ (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are otherwise clean.). Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red dj with bw illustrations, mylar cover; xxxi, 122 pp; bw illustrations and music. Text in English; Translation of: 'Briefwechsel zwischen Richard Strauss und Stefan Zweig', Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 1957. Foreword by Edward E. Lowinsky. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxi).

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1931. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publishers black-and-yellow cloth boards (hardcover); 445pp. Mild external aging and soil; internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. With the Bauhaus-style bookplate of psychologists Richard & Editha Sterba, graduates of the first class of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1922 novella by the same author, of the same title. The protagonist, a doctor who has moved to India from Germany to practice medicine is overcome by an obsession which eventually leads to his committing suicide. "Amok" is an Indonesian word of Malay origin, referring to people caught up in a blind rage who try to kill their enemy and do not care about whoever else gets killed in their way. From this novella and the word's meaning originates the term "running amok." Set in India. Yellow untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for Stefan Zweig. 65 leaves, with last leaf of text number 65. Carbon typescript. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.