The Star-Gazer: A Novel of the Life of Galileo

Descripción

Among the many works of this Hungarian playwright, author and translator (1887-1943) are a few historical novels that are fictionalized biographies of famous men: Liszt, Rubens, and here, Galileo. It was highly praised and chosen, in 1940, by Book-of-the-Month Club. Translated from the Hungarian by Paul Tabor. A newspaper clipping giving a review of the book is taped to a prelim opposite the half-title, causing some offset browning. The untrimmed edges are a little browned, but a very good, solid copy in a good plus dust jacket with some wear, nicks and browning and a 1.5 inch tear to rear panel. The author was also known as Zsolt von Harsanyi and it seems that this is the form that was initially used on the dust jacket of this book. But there must have been a complaint from some quarter because the publisher went to the trouble of printing a tiny little label and sticking it to the front panel to cover up the "VON" with "DE".

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

The Star-Gazer: A Novel of the Life of Galileo

Editor

Putnam's, U.S.

Fecha de publicación

1939

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

First edition in English

Estado

Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Good