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New York: Viking Press, 1946. First American Edition. 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. First American Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in gray cloth w/red initials and spine titles, red topstain. About Fine book in Very Good unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Corners curled, else book Fine and unmarked; jacket scuffed, chipped at spine tips and corners. 404pp; illustrated in frontis reproductions.

Cassell & Co Ltd -- Hallam Edition, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. Foreword by author will and index. Red coloured end pages. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Bound in a decorated cloth, blind stamped titling gilt filled, top edge of text block tinted pale red. Illustrated dustwrapper (same illustration as the underlying boards) with green coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in 1927 in Germany. The author investigates 12 pivotal moments in world history, giving us the human as well as global implications of their actions. Events covered are: – Cicero's Death, Conquest of Byzantium, The Discovery of the Pacific, Handel's Messiah, The Marseille, Grouchy obeys Orders (Waterloo), Goethe's last Love, El Dorado, Cyrus Field's Cable across the Atlantic, Quest of the South Pole, Lenin leaves Zürich and Wilson's Failure – end of World War I. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges with softening of the back strip edges and a little bumping to the top book corners. Light age toning and foxing of the text block edges and there are light foxing scattered throughout aged toned pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges with some Chipping to the back strip edges. Significant sunning to the back strip with foxing of the fold over panels and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0289103. .

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and sunned.Pencil inscription.A little tanning.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little rubbed. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Viking, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. About Very good in good dustwrapper. Some foxing on front free endpaper and on text edges/ cloth edges and corners bumped and rubbed/ jacket has large tear on front and spine/ fad. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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.

Viking Press, 1938. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Previous owner name..

Barcelona.: Juventud., 1937.. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Good. 19 cm. 370 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta. Primera edición . Sobrecubierta deslucida. Literatura alemana. Novela y cuento. Cuentos. Leyendas. Sagas. Cuentos de hadas. Siglo XX. (83-34"19") [[821.112.2-3]]

Editorial Juventud, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1945. Primera Edicion. 287 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Textblock is in Spanish. Moderate cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

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.