first edition Hardcover
1929 · London
by KELLER, Gottfried
London: J.M. Dent, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Translated by M.D. Hottinger. Small owner's label on the front fly, offsetting to facing blank pages, and a small clipping about the author on the rear blank, else near fine in a very good, slightly spine-tanned dustwrapper with shallow loss at the extremities. A collection of stories by an important Swiss writer, several of which have been filmed, including "A Village Romeo and Juliet" which was filmed at least twice in Germany, most recently in 1992. It was also the basis for an opera by Frederick Delius. and was previously translated and published separately in 1914 with an introduction by Edith Wharton. (Inventory #: 109276)