The Tower of Babel (Die Blendung)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1947. George Salter. First US Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 426. Red cloth, titles and decorations stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration stamped in blind on the cover, black topstain, fore-edge untrimmed: small spots to cover, owner initials in ink on the front endpaper. In the three-color Salter illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, light edge-wear, spine very slightly sunned. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Item #6343 An especially handsome jacket design by George Salter, with calligraphic titles over a wall of book spines - the books that will eventually be consumed by fire in the novel's narrative. For reference to the dust jacket in the evolution of Salter's design, please see Classic Book Jackets The Design Legacy of George Salter by Thomas S. Hansen ("Salter's designs for Alfred Knopf are among his greatest accomplishments.") Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Canetti was born in Bulgaria to Spanish-Jewish parents. The "realistic parable" of a scholar, Die Blendung was first published in Vienna in 1935.
Price: $125.00