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Nietzsche, Friedrich
Gesammelte Briefe
Gesammelte Briefe
Published in 5 volumes, but with only 4 remaining in Wharton's library. Bound half calf leather with marbled boards and endpapers.
A few, spare pencil markings have been added to volume 1, which also contains a bookseller's mark on the rear fly.
A few, spare pencil markings have been added to volume 1, which also contains a bookseller's mark on the rear fly.
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Der Wille zur Macht
The Will to Power, Part II. Volume IX (of 10). Some penciled markings have been added to the text. A penciled, handwritten note (likely from a bookseller) appears inserted at the front, listing the book's author and title.
Strindberg, August
Elf Einakter
Elf Einakter
This translation into German (from Swedish) is by Emil Schering, who translated much of Strindberg's work. Bound with marbled boards and a morocco label.
Schorn, Adelheid von.
Franz Liszt et la Princesse de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Franz Liszt et la Princesse de Sayn-Wittgenstein
Translated from German to French by Par L. de Sampigny. With a forward by Hugues Imbert. Binding described as “full grey cloth, morocco label” (Ramsden).
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Sämtliche Werk
Sämtliche Werk
Volume 3 of the collection. Some of the passages marked in this volume include Wharton’s exclamations: “26 years later!” and “49 years after 1st edition!”
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Sämtliche Werk
Sämtliche Werk
Second volume in the collection. Passages and notes are underlined, marked, or starred. These markings occur between pages 533-554.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Sämtliche Werk
Sämtliche Werk
First volume of collection.
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Parerga und Paralipomena
Parerga und Paralipomena
This text is Volume III of IV. The sheet on the title page is ripped in the upper right corner. The text is heavily marked, with markings on pages 297-303, 305, 306, 311-316, 319-323, 325, 326, 328, 341, 390, 391, 393-396, 400, 401, 403, 405,…
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Parerga und Paralipomena
The title page is heavily creased. This text is Volume I of the original four. Bound in publisher's cloth.
Rohde, Erwin
Psyche
Psyche
Full title: Psyche: The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality among the Greeks. Half-bound in morocco leather; 8vo.
Rothe, Richard
Stille Stunden
Stille Stunden
The book is bounded in quarter red Morocco gilt. The full title is "Still Stunden: Aphorismen aus Richard Rothe's handschriftlichem Nachlass." It has a marking on the fly of "Edith Jones - 1878." The title page has a partial inscription of "E.N. Jon…
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung
This book is formatted as two separate volumes in one. Passages throughout the text are marked. The book is bound in quarter red Morocco leather.
Platon
Das Gastmahl
Das Gastmahl
Das Gastmahl is The Symposium, translated into German by Rudolf Kassner. Third edition, half vellum with morocco label.
Pastor, Ludwig
Geschichte der Päpste
Geschichte der Päpste
Second edition. A collection in three volumes, the last two are unopened. Bound in quarter red morocco.
Fiedler, H.G., ed.
Das Oxforder Buch Deutscher Dichtung
Book was given to Edith Wharton by Bernard Berenson.