Die Beschreibung des Unglücks. Zur österreichischen Literatur von Stifter bis Handke.
Salzburg-Wien: Residenz Verlag (Welsermühl), 1985. First edition. Presentation copy. In original cloth with dust cover. 199, (1) p. In fine condition.
Sebald’s (1944–2001) anthology of essays on literature, written between 1972 and 1985. Includes essays on Adalbert Stifter, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Franz Kafka, Elias Canetti, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke, Ernst Herbeck, and Gerhard Roth. The essay on Hofmannsthal had been published in this book first.
Inscribed to Armin Abmeier (1944–2012), German publisher and collector of first editions, illustrated books and comics.
Price: €1,500.00