Thus Spake Zarathustra. A Book for All and None. Translated by Thomas Common. Revised by Oscar Levy and John L. Beevers.

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich.

Published by London: George Allen & Unwin, 1932

First Levy edition, first impression, in a well-preserved example of the rare jacket. Dr Oscar Levy (1867-1946) was recognized as the leading authority on Nietzsche and edited the complete works. Levy produced this new text by thoroughly revising the 1909 English translation by Thomas Common. This edition, Common's sixth overall, is the first pocket edition and the first revised by Levy. In answer to the question, "Why read Nietzsche now?", the jacket blurb warns that "mass-education and the tremendous developments in mechanical science conspire to extinguish all sparks of rare and unusual talent. The book has thus survived the decadent era in which it first appeared and now demonstrates to the unfortunate heirs of that Era a way out of the rank jungle of Nihilism and Anarchy". This edition comprised 4,000 copies and is now scarce in commerce. The work was first published in German from 1883 to 1885 and in English by Alexander Tille in 1896. It remains the most widely read of Nietzsche's publications. Small octavo. Printed on thin paper stock. Original dark blue skiver, spine lettered in gilt, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Numeral ink stamp on rear free endpaper. Light spots to pastedowns, contents clean; jacket spine toned, panels a little darkened, front flap clipped, printed price retained: a near-fine copy in like jacket. Seller Inventory # 169880

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thus Spake Zarathustra. A Book for All and ...
Publisher: London: George Allen & Unwin, 1932
Edition: 1st Edition