![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This weird & supernatural tale set in historic Prague brought the legend of the golem, a creature born from clay by Kabbalistic magic to serve as guardian for the Jewish people, to the attention of an international readership for the first time, particularly with this edition and the subsequent American edition (both published in 1928, the first American edition was issued from the English sheets). 8vo.ĭer Golem by Gustav Meyrink was first published serially between 1913 & 1914 in Germany, in Die Wiessen Blatter, before being published in book form in 1915 by Kurt Wolff Verlag, interestingly also the publishers of that other metaphysical visionary, Franz Kafka. McKnight Kauffer, some gentle rubbing to extremities, small closed tear to one corner, a few very minor patches of discolouration, but overall an excellent, unsophisticated example. First English edition, first impression, foxing to preliminary/terminal leaves and the extremities of the text-block, 2 small ownership stamps to front free endpaper, original black cloth lettered in red to spine, dust-jacket by E. ![]()
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