Collection of early Manuscript Material (which is a Manuscript Ballad / Poem), a two-page Manuscript Letter (which is a MLS mentioning Oscar Wilde, Lord [Alfred] Douglas, Viereck's literary tastes etc.) and the personal copy of "House of the Vampire", all by the controversial german-american author George Sylvester Viereck. The collection includes: 1. One six-page, hitherto unpublished Manuscript - Ballad [Poem], called "Die Ballade vom Sündigen Glück" [Translates: "The Ballad of sinful Pleasure"]/ 2. A lengthy and extremely insightful Two-Page Manuscript Letter, signed in New York, 1902, which accompanied and talks about the enclosed Six-Page Manuscript - Ballad [The letter and Poem was not conclusively but very likely addressed by Viereck

Viereck, George Sylvester / [Frederick Franklin Schrader] / [Mentioning of Oscar Wilde / Lord Alfred Douglas].

Verlag: New York, Moffat, Yard & Company, 1902-1912., 1912

Play and Letters: 20.3 cm x 25.3 cm / Book: 13 cm x 19,5 cm. Pagination: Balld (Poem): 6 pages / Manuscript Letter (MLS): 2 pages / Book: 190 pages. Original Hardcover / Blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector's mylar / The play protected in clear folder. The manuscript pages overall in excellent condition besides page IV of the play which has two abrasions with small parts of the text missing only. The book in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Viereck's usual vanity made him add the lovely littel note of critical success. The personal copy of this controversial author's most interesting book is a unique possibility for each collector of unusual Vampire material. Extraordinary collection ! New York City, Nov. 3, 1912 Verehrter Herr ! Ich zaehle mich zu den Freunden der Schule, deren Geist Sie in Deutschland sind, ohne natuerlich jede Planke Ihrer liter- arischen Plattform gut zu heissen. Ich bin selbst …….modern, secessionistisch angehaucht, nur dass ich mehr von den englischen Versen [?] der Versuchung Swinburnes, Rosetti und Oscar Wilde, dessen Freund Lord Douglas ich persoenlich kenne, als von deutschen Werthen beeinflusst worden bin. Seit meinem drei- zehnten Jahre weile ich in diesem Land, u. bin Mitarbeiter der [amerikanischen ?] Zeitungen [.], wie "Staats-Ztg." U. Chicago u."N.Y. Echo". etc. etc. .Anbei sende ich Ihnen eine kleine Plau- derei ueber "Sylvio Hoessmann" einen "Mitarbeiter der "Insel", die Sie vielleicht amuesieren wird. Es ist natuerlich eine Erfindung. Ich habe in Ihm mich selbst gewuerdigt, da ich selbst das Ihnen "Todtenliebe" oefter musiziert habe. .Ferner sende ich Ihnen zur Publikation In Ihrem Blatt ein laengeres Gedicht "Die Ballade vom suendigen Glueck" .Ich habe zwei Strophenformen abwechselnd benutzt. [.] Sehr gespannt auf Ihr Urteil, verbleibe ich Ihr sehr ergebener Georg Sylvester Viereck George Sylvester Viereck (December 31, 1884 March 18, 1962) was a German-American poet and writer. In 1923, Viereck published a popular-science book entitled Rejuvenation: How Steinach Makes People Young, which drew the attention of Sigmund Freud, who wrote Viereck asking if he would write a similar book about psychoanalysis. Viereck traveled to Vienna to interview Freud, and then went to Munich to interview Adolf Hitler. During the mid-1920s, Viereck went on several additional tours of Europe, interviewing Marshal Foch, Georges Clemenceau, George Bernard Shaw, Oswald Spengler, Benito Mussolini, Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, Henry Ford, Albert Moll, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Albert Einstein.Viereck became close friends with Nikola Tesla. Tesla occasionally attended dinner parties held by Viereck and his wife. He dedicated his poem "Fragments of Olympian Gossip" to Viereck, a work in which Tesla ridiculed the scientific establishment of the day. Viereck also published a vampire novel, The House of the Vampire (1907), which is one of the first psychic vampire stories where a vampire feeds off more than just blood. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 28843AB

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Titel: Collection of early Manuscript Material (...
Verlag: New York, Moffat, Yard & Company, 1902-1912.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1912