The King of the Two Sicilies by Andrzej Kusniewicz ISBN 13: 9780151472710

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1980. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. Remainder Mark on Bottom Edge. 0151472718. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. 197 pages. hardcover. Cover: Krystyna Skalski. keywords: Literature Translated Poland Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a masterly rich novel of the disintegration of the Hapsburg Empire, of the decay of a civilization as reflected in the life of a young officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. It is the story of Emil, a delicate product of the privileged bourgeois society of Vienna at the turn of the century. Emil, a refined poet, an esthete with sadomasochistic tendencies, is entangled in an incestuous relationship with his elder sister, Elizabeth, a capricious dominating creature, the essence of the poisonous child/woman. Kusniewicz unravels the perverse and erotic life of Emil - Emil, a blond, angelic child, victim and willing participant in Elizabeth's vicious games; Emil, an anemic… Read More

New York. 1980. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket W/A Small Tear At The Bottom Front. 0151472718. Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. 197 pages. hardcover. Cover: Krystyna Skalski. keywords: Literature Translated Poland Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - This is a masterly rich novel of the disintegration of the Hapsburg Empire, of the decay of a civilization as reflected in the life of a young officer in the Austro-Hungarian army. It is the story of Emil, a delicate product of the privileged bourgeois society of Vienna at the turn of the century. Emil, a refined poet, an esthete with sadomasochistic tendencies, is entangled in an incestuous relationship with his elder sister, Elizabeth, a capricious dominating creature, the essence of the poisonous child/woman. Kusniewicz unravels the perverse and erotic life of Emil - Emil, a blond, angelic child, victim and willing participant in Elizabeth's vicious games; Emil, an anemic… Read More

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, 197 pages, purple quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with a remainder mark and light soiling at top edge. In a very good (minus) lightly edge worn dust jacket but with light stains to the back strip and the rear panel, with original price.

USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover, stated 1st edition. Very minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket is slightly chipped and has a small circle of sticker residue, otherwise it too is fine.

NY: HARCOURT BRACE & JOVANOVICH. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1980.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0151472718 . Translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska. First American edition, first printing. About fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Remainder mark to top edge of textblock, else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that has a small closed tear and is darkened on the spine.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151472718 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Short tear to jacket crown at front panel. Minor rubbing to jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 8.40 X 5.80 X 0.90 inches; 197 pages .