Thus Spake Zarathustra
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. 16mo. 324 pp. Translated by Thomas Common, with introduction by Mrs. Förster-Nietzsche. Green cloth boards in original dust jacket; clipped. Binding square. Pages lightly toned. Original jacket bright and substantially complete, with shallow chipping at spine crown and corners, light edgewear, rubbing, and age-toning to rear panel. Dr. Brant Tedrow pictorial bookplate to front pastedown.
A handsome jacketed mid-century issue of Nietzsche’s best-known philosophical work. Thus Spake Zarathustra remained Modern Library title no. 9 from the series’ founding in 1917 for decades thereafter, making it one of the imprint’s longest-lived titles. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #1273
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