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New York: Viking Press, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Former Owner Bookplate. First Edition (?).. A fascination biography of the famous and popular French writer, discussing his family background, his personal life, the development of his art of writing, his contemporaries and friends, much more; contains appendix, bibliography. Translated from the German by William and Dorothy Rose. Hardcover, 404pp., binding firm, lettering and pagination clear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ursus Books, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. No. 89 of 100 copies signed by the printer, Peter Koch, and artist Joseph Goldyne, who has supplied a blank frontispiece on 17th century paper, signed by him on the paper in pencil as well as at the colophon. 8vo, orange-pink laid paper boards, just short of fine copy (tiniest bump to top edge of front board). Koch printed this in Berkeley. Comes with original description folded in from Ursus Books. A fable about collecting; Goldyne, in addition to being a well known California artist, is also a renowned collector.

New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American edition, translated from the German by Phyllis and Trevor Blewitt. 8vo. 498 pp. Blue cloth, with gilt lettering to the front board and spine, corners rubbed, spine dulled with faint spots around the bottom, spine foot bumped and rubbed, head worn, with a 2cm tear in the cloth. Without the dust jacket. Bookplate of Liliore Green Palmer to front paste-down. Signed by Zweig in purple to the first blank. Clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Good candidate for a rebind, or quite alright as it sits without the dj.

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.

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.

s.l.: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1927. Fine. Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, s.l. 1927, 14,5x23cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - Édition originale imprimée à 440 exemplaires numérotés. Ouvrage illustré de 7 bois de Frans Masereel. Reliure de l'éditeur en demi cartonnage façon vélin à petits coins, dos lisse, tête dorée, ex-libris encollé sur un contreplat. Rare envoi autographe signé de Stefan Zweig à l'écrivain Max Spanier qui disparut dans l'enfer de l'Holocauste : ""Im herzlicher Erkenntlichkeit"" (""Avec une sincère gratitude""). [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition printed with 440 numbered copies. Work illustrated with 7 wood engravings by Frans Masereel. Pubslisher's binding in half wove-style paper boards with small corners, top edge gilt, ex-libris glued to a paste-down endpaper. Rare handwritten presentation signed by Stefan Zweig to writer Max Spanier who disappeared during the hell of the Holocaust: ""Im herzlicher Erkenntlichkeit"" (""With sincere gratitude"").