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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