first english, 1961.
translated from the french by philip mairet.
london: harvill press. 6 × 8.75 inches. 188 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: owners inscription to block. near fine. jacket condition: chips to front panel and head of spine, closed tear to.....
first us edition, 1965.
translated by j.m. cohen.
new york: sheed and ward. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 223 pages. hardcover. bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. book condition: bumping to corners. light shelf-wear. owner's signature to front free-endpaper. very good. absent dust jacket.
from the library of richard perlbinder.
first u.s. edition, 1969.
translated from french by charles lam markmann.
new york: funk & wagnalls. 5.5 × 8.25 inches. 216 pages. hardcover. bound in partial cloth‑covered boards. book condition: light soiling to head of block. near fine. jacket condition: mild sunning to spine. light shelf-wear. price.....
1965. out of print.
new york: harper torchbooks. 5.25 x 8 inches. 223 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: light toning to extremities. priced marked out with sharpie. charming cataloging sticker to rear. very good+.
from the library of richard perlbinder.
first american edition, 1970.
two metaphysical novellas first published together in romania in 1940. both stories are set in a realist frame, moving slowly from obsession to a gradual unraveling of common logic. “the secret of dr. honigberger” draws on a real 19th-century physician/ traveler. “nights at serampore” slips.....
first us edition, 1978.
mircea eliade (1907–1986) was a romanian historian of religions and and a novelist. living mostly in exile, his career culminated in a professorship at the university of chicago. his work probes myth, symbols, and the sacred/profane divine.
in this major metaphysical novel, a midsummer.....
1967.
chicago: the university of chicago press. isbn: 0226203913. 5.25 x 8 inches. 146 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: very good.
from the library of richard perlbinder.