THE KING OF THE TWO SICILIES by KUSNIEWICZ, ANDRZEJ - 1980

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Paperback. Good.

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York. 1980. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket W/A Small Tear At The Bottom Front. 0151472718. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. 197 pages. hardcover. Cover: Krystyna Skalski. keywords: Literature Translated Poland Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a masterly rich novel of the disintegration of the Hapsburg Empire, of the decay of a civilization as reflected in the life of a young officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. It is the story of Emil, a delicate product of the privileged bourgeois society of Vienna at the turn of the century. Emil, a refined poet, an esthete with sadomasochistic tendencies, is entangled in an incestuous relationship with his elder sister, Elizabeth, a capricious dominating creature, the essence of the poisonous child/woman. Kusniewicz unravels the perverse and erotic life of Emil - Emil, a blond, angelic child, victim and willing participant in Elizabeth's vicious games; Emil, an anemic… Read More

New York. 1980. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. Remainder Mark on Bottom Edge. 0151472718. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. 197 pages. hardcover. Cover: Krystyna Skalski. keywords: Literature Translated Poland Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a masterly rich novel of the disintegration of the Hapsburg Empire, of the decay of a civilization as reflected in the life of a young officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. It is the story of Emil, a delicate product of the privileged bourgeois society of Vienna at the turn of the century. Emil, a refined poet, an esthete with sadomasochistic tendencies, is entangled in an incestuous relationship with his elder sister, Elizabeth, a capricious dominating creature, the essence of the poisonous child/woman. Kusniewicz unravels the perverse and erotic life of Emil - Emil, a blond, angelic child, victim and willing participant in Elizabeth's vicious games; Emil, an anemic… Read More

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, 197 pages, purple quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with a remainder mark and light soiling at top edge. In a very good (minus) lightly edge worn dust jacket but with light stains to the back strip and the rear panel, with original price.

USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover, stated 1st edition. Very minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket is slightly chipped and has a small circle of sticker residue, otherwise it too is fine.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0151472718 . Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. First American edition, first printing. About fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Remainder mark to top edge of textblock, else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that has a small closed tear and is darkened on the spine.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, 1980.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some light edgewear to dj.). First US printing. A novel about the disintegration of the Hapsburg empire by this prize-winning Polish writer. Translated by Celine Wieniewska. Winner of the Seguier prize in 1976 for the most outstanding foreign novel published in France.