Christopher Isherwood – Goodbye To Berlin – First Edition 1939
£2,500.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘Goodbye To Berlin’, published by The Hogarth Press in 1939. A very good/near fine book with one neat name to the front endpaper, spine a little faded and a little off-setting and spotting to the endpapers. In a near fine dust wrapper which has benefitted from a neat restorative repair to a small chip to the bottom edge. Beautifully clean rear panel – a little wear to the spine tips and corners. Presents beautifully.
A semi-autobiographical novel set in 1930s Weimar-era Berlin. Through a series of vignettes, it portrays the city’s vibrant yet decaying atmosphere as the Nazis rise to power. The narrator, based on Isherwood himself, observes the lives of eccentric characters, including the flamboyant cabaret singer Sally Bowles, the impoverished Landauers, and working-class Berliners. The novel captures political unrest, social decay, and looming danger with a detached yet poignant style. Its themes of political blindness, fleeting decadence, and survival inspired the musical *Cabaret*, cementing its place as a classic of 20th Century literature.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘Goodbye To Berlin’, published by The Hogarth Press in 1939. A very good/near fine book with one neat name to the front endpaper, spine a little faded and a little off-setting and spotting to the endpapers. In a near fine dust wrapper which has benefitted from a neat restorative repair to a small chip to the bottom edge. Beautifully clean rear panel – a little wear to the spine tips and corners. Presents beautifully.
A semi-autobiographical novel set in 1930s Weimar-era Berlin. Through a series of vignettes, it portrays the city’s vibrant yet decaying atmosphere as the Nazis rise to power. The narrator, based on Isherwood himself, observes the lives of eccentric characters, including the flamboyant cabaret singer Sally Bowles, the impoverished Landauers, and working-class Berliners. The novel captures political unrest, social decay, and looming danger with a detached yet poignant style. Its themes of political blindness, fleeting decadence, and survival inspired the musical *Cabaret*, cementing its place as a classic of 20th Century literature.
