Zweig stefan

1936 · WRCLIT80813 — New York: Viking Press 1936. Gilt black cloth. Endsheet maps. The spine gilding is a trifle dull and the spine shows a couple small spots endsheet gutters slightly darkened otherwise a very good copy in a worn dust jacket with some small chips at edges and at crown and toe of spine. First U.S. edition of ERZIEHUNG VOR VERDUN 1935 translated from the German by Eric Sutton. In order of publication the third novel of the quintet but chronologically the second. The original manuscript of this novel was destroyed when Zweig was driven out of Germany. He rewrote it and it saw first publication in Amsterdam. Viking Press hardcover books