Auto da Fe

by Elias Canetti; C. V. Wedgewood [trans.]

$276 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

London: Jonathan Cape, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8.5" by 6". None. The second impression of the first English language translation of Elias Canetti s dark and challenging novel about totalitarian ideology. The second impression of the first English language edition of this work, published in the same year as the first impression. Translated by C. V. Wedgwood. In the publisher s original dust wrapper, price clipped.Originally published in German as Die Blendung in 1935 and later banned in Nazi Germany, Salman Rushdie viewed the work as representing one of the most terrifying literary worlds of the century , with Iris Murdoch praising it as savage, subtle, beautifully mysterious . In the publisher s original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Bumping to spine head and tail. Dust wrapper age toned, with tide marks to back strip. Significant loss to back strip head, with chipping and a further small loss to back strip tail. Mark to tail of rear wrap, with small loss to head of rear wrap. Light tide mark to gutter of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Year: 1946
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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