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First Edition · one copy only
A Kastely Arnyekaban
Albert Wass
Revai, Budapest · 1943
First Edition. Very rare early novel by one of the most controversial Hungarian writers of the 20th century. A nobleman by birth, Wass was a staunch defender of the Hungarian cause in Transylvania.
He was sentenced to death in absentia in 1947 for alleged involvement in a massacre, found his wayto the USA and there campaigned for the rights of the Hungarian minority in Romania., alongside his academic career and prolific writing and publication. He commited suicide in 1998 at the age of 90. His works were banned under Communism in Hungary but his rehabilitation has been swift and dramatic.
All his books are now available in paperback and some have become bestsellers 50 or 60 years after they were written. Original editions such as the present copy are now desperately scarce and highly sought after. Original half-cloth binding - grey cloth spine lettered in black, grey mottled paper covered boards lettered in gilt.
A fragile book in a remarkably good state of preservation. Leading inner hinge strained but holding. Perfectly clean and quite sound.
Written by Dr Jeremy Parrott, who has the book in his hands. Nothing here is generated from a catalogue record.
Bibliographic detail
| Author | Wass, Albert |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Revai, Budapest |
| Date | 1943 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Stock reference | ab_3481107407 |