Lot 271
Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author, Hogarth Press, 1939.
Hammer Price: £7,000
Description
Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author on title, pastedown with bookplate of W. S. Strain, original cloth, light browning to spine and faint spotting to covers, dust-jacket, neat repairs and light restoration to extremities, some light rubbing but in effect a near-fine example, [Connolly 86; Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.
⁂ Isherwood's remarkable portrait of Berlin and wider Germany during the final days of the Weimar Republic. Signed copies are rare, we can trace only 2 other examples at auction.
Description
Isherwood (Christopher) Goodbye to Berlin, first edition, signed by the author on title, pastedown with bookplate of W. S. Strain, original cloth, light browning to spine and faint spotting to covers, dust-jacket, neat repairs and light restoration to extremities, some light rubbing but in effect a near-fine example, [Connolly 86; Westby and Brown p.4; Woolmer 451], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1939.
⁂ Isherwood's remarkable portrait of Berlin and wider Germany during the final days of the Weimar Republic. Signed copies are rare, we can trace only 2 other examples at auction.