Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka

1926-1927.

Price: $450.00

Unbound. Five Typed Letters Signed in German by Emil Lucka (1877-1941), an Austrian author best known for his book *Die drei Stufen der Erotick* [*The Three Stages of Love*], and an envelope addressed by and autographed in Lucka’s hand. The letters have some folds and a few small tears, near fine. Accompanied by two Typed Letters Signed, one by a New York publisher and the other by a Columbia professor, as well as a Typed Note Signed by a Curtis Brown book agent. This collection of letters from 1926 and 1927 concern his efforts to find an American publisher for his book on human personality, *Grenzen Der Seele* [*The Limit of Soul*]. Supporting its publication are two TLS, one from Columbia professor Louise Brink, and Curtis Brown book agent Lida McCord. A third TLS from publisher Albert Boni disagrees, “I have had the Lucka book read by several people in the hopes that there be an impression more favorable than my own; but there seems to be a general agreement that the book is a typical German effort of taking a thoroughly impossible theory and bolstering it up by complicated pseudo-scientific terminology.” Only two of Lucka’s book were translated into English and published during his lifetime; *Grenzen Der Seele* was not among them. Further details available upon request.

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Item #339960 Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka. Emil LUCKA.
Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka
Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka
Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka
Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka
Archive of Letters from Emil Lucka