Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Signed book: Rede und Antwort. Limited edition of 150 copies (this being No. 142). Berlin: C. Filcher, 1922. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7.5, 399 pages. Signed on the colophon in pencil. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None. Blue leather-bound boards with red leather title-piece on spine, along with extensive gilt decoration and gilted upper textblock edge; rubbing to exterior (heaviest along edges) with boards exposed in several places; spine heavily sunned; block of lighter sunning along upper edge of front; boards have been professionally reattached (cracks still visible, as to be expected); tear to upper corner of front pastedown. Despite its superficial flaws, this is a stunning book with strong binding and crisp interior. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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