PLAYTHINGS OF TIME
first edition
1935 · London
by Zweig, Arnold
London: Martin Secker, 1935. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in black, top edge stained green. First edition in English. A translation, by Emma D. Ashton, of SPIELZEUG DER ZEIT. Contains a dozen short stories of a rather dark "literary" cast. Armorial bookplate (of one Julian Hamilton Cassan Simpson, an Australian) affixed to front paste-down. Spine tanned, some patchy fading to cloth, else a very good copy. (#117075) (Inventory #: 117075)