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Siddhartha
by Hesse, Hermann; Rosner, Hilda (Translator)
- Used
- near fine
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon
Item Price
$350.00
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1951. First American trade edition. Near Fine/Good+. First American trade edition, first issue text (with Paterson by W.C. Williams incorrectly spelled "Patterson" on verso of half title) and first issue jacket priced at $1.50. 153 pp. Gray cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with a little wear to ffep, in unclipped dust jacket with triangular chip in top of front panel, else Very Good, lightly work along edges. A novel of spiritual discovery inspired by Indian philosophy, uncommon with its Alvin Lustig-designed dust jacket.
Synopsis
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140937080
- Title
- Siddhartha
- Author
- Hesse, Hermann; Rosner, Hilda (Translator)
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Good+
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First American trade edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
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About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- ffep
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that... [More]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the... [More]
- verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a... [More]
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