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2024. 1st Edition. paperback......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes: Good hardcover. NO dust jacket. Some wear on corners, edges and spine. Deckle edges. Pages tanned, otherwise clean pages. First edition. Sm8vo, 297pp.

1934. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Tan binding, red designs and lettering, red top edge, frontispiece, illustrations (plates), 247 pages. Deckled fore-edge. Dustjacket with price intact on flap. Condition of binding: Light soiling, age toning, Christmas (1934) inscription. Interior: Scattered pencil underlines (some appear to be erased affecting some words of text), else overall Very Good. Dustjacket: Piece missing from lower left corner of front panel, shelving wear, lightly age toned/soiled; else overall Fair. This is a biography of Erasmus (1469-1536), one of the most famous Humanist of his time-a great scholar of the northern Renaissance, a pacifist, a contrarian, and the compiler of the first edition of the Greek New Testament to be printed and distributed. He hated bigotry, desired freedom and independence, and was called "the man who laid the egg that Luther hatched." He is similar to the liberal minds of our own times. A remarkable, page-turning biography. A historical, collectible book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.

First Edition. Printed in Austria. Language-German. Pages clean and bright, includes a number of illustrations. water stain to front of dust jacket and front board. some rubbing to boards and chips to dust jacket. Previous owner inscription in pen on flyleaf. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.

A wonderfully illustrated first edition copy of this celebration of the work of Ephraim Moses Lilien, in the original German. One of 1000 Limited Edition copies printed of first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. An important and uncommonly found work, celebrating the art of Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), an art nouveau illustrator and printmaker who is sometimes considered first Zionist artist. He was notable for the Jewish themes in his art, and for his influence on the Bezalel school art movement. This work is introduced by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), who, in the 1920s and 1930s, was one of the most popular authors in the world. The work contains numerous reproductions of Lilien's bookplates, borders and illustrations, as well as a portrait of Lilien with a facsimile of his signature. 'In Rosenketten' has been tipped in by a previous owner, possibly replacing the original reproduction of this work printed in the book. Further tipped-in illustrations (created by Lilien) from a previous owner to pages 59, 60, 61, 214, 215, and 302. One tipped-in illustration obscures a different illustration printed in the book, another obscures a title of a work; the rest are tipped-in to blank pages. This book is otherwise complete, which is unusual for this work. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, though faded to the spine, with small tears to the head and tail of the front joint. Shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Front hinge is starting and rear hinge is slightly strained, but both are firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. 'In Rosenketten' has been tipped in by a previous owner, possibly replacing the original reproduction of this work printed in the book. Further tipped-in illustrations (created by Lilien) from a previous owner to pages 59, 60, 61, 214, 215, and 302. One tipped-in illustration obscures a different illustration printed in the book, another obscures a title of a work; the rest are tipped-in to blank pages. Good.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by Stefan Zweig on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth with gilt lettering; lacking dust jacket. Very Good with shelf wear at extremities; slight lean to binding, spine faded and mottled, lettering is quite rubbed. Offsetting to end sheets with remnants of small bookseller ticket to rear; contents lightly tanned. Scarce historical novel that was later adapted into film by Maurice Elvey in 1946. Wes Anderson loosely based The Grand Budapest Hotel off this work.