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London: Cassell, 1936. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 276 pages: port. Notes: Originally published: Austria, 1936. Subjects:Castellion, Sébastien 1515-1563. Calvin, Jean 1509-1564. Calvinism Reformation Europe. Theologians Europe; Biography. Europe Church history 16th century.

New York: Viking Press. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner nameplate on front pastedown. Front hinge cracked. .

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. Kirkus Review: 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. Shipping/Handling/Insurance/Tracking Included within the continental U.S. (Free Shipping). Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will adviseWritten 10.24.2012SK #5860-102921 Img.7223-102921

London: Pushkin Press. Fine copy (issued without dust jacket). 2014. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 474 pp., Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. .

Cassell, London, 1947. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 8vo in decoratively blind embossed black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding facsimile plate, bibliography, index etc __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (page-block edges slightly tanned) in a tanned and slightly dusty near FINE price intact Dust Jacket (very thin sliver of loss to spine panel ends, looks fine in its removable transparent protector). An excellent copy. ... . . . . . . . . . . . To see more of our Literary monographs, biographies etc type DbbLBIOG in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

Wien: Herbert Reichner Verlag. First Edition. Original decorated orange cloth. Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1936.

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&pastedwns.; info note tipped-in,ft.endpaper; PONstamp; clean,tight pgs. DJ lt.brwn.w/brwn.&red-portrait cover; heavy rub w/stains; wear on edges&corners; heavy sun on spine; chips&tears. Biography. some illus.

US orders ship with signature confirmation. April 1943 Viking Press hardcover 1st American edition. "This edition in produced in full compliance with all war production board conservation orders". Soft hardcover (contradictory as that sounds) with no dj, A LOT of staining on covers, spine and at fore-edge through whole book and near bottom edge (including some rippling) on some pages, including all photo pages and the pages around them, underlining and pencil marks on some pages, small (burn ?) stain near spine on 12 pages, fraying and chipping on edges, corners bumped, owner's name (artist Everett Raymond Kinstler) and date 1952 on ffep, separation on title page and starting on next to last page, pages tanned, and soil on edge. For all that, still quite readable but one should be careful with this wartime book made with cheaper materials than it would have been otherwise.

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.

Berlin: Axel Juncker Verlag, 1923. First edition, not numbered, not signed. Hardcover. Good +. 177pp. Large octavo [25 cm] Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. With tipped-in photographic representation of Masereel on the verso of the title page. The spine and the edges of the covers are faded, the front hinge is weak, and the text block is just starting to crack at the beginning. The pages are darkened. Ritter, p. 525. Graphiker Unserer Zeit, Band I.