DIE LETZTEN JAHRZEHNTE EINER GROSSMACHT Menschen, Völker, Probleme des Habsburger-Reichs. [THE LAST DECADES OF A GREAT POWER. People, peoples, problems of the Habsburg Empire]

SIEGHART, Rudolf

Verlag: Im Verlag Ullstein, Berlin, 1932

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Very Good (gilt on spine & front cover rubbed; contents clean & tight). 8vo., brown cloth, stamped in gilt; 475 pages plus ads First Edition. Presentation on the front endpaper to French banker and economist Charles Rist: "A monsieur le Professor Charles Rist, avec les hommages de l'auteur. April, 1932." Also, with a one-page autographed letter signed, from the Hotel Metropole in Nice, presenting the book to Rist. With three news clippings (in German) laid in. Born Rudolf Singer in Opava (Troppau), Moravia in Austrian Silesia, Sieghart [1866-1934] was an Austrian lawyer, economist and banker. He was the son of a Rabbi who changed his name around the time of his conversion to Christianity at the age of 28 in 1895. Sieghart didn't sound Jewish. He was godfather the future minister-president Count Stürgkh, who was assassinated by Friedrich Adler in October 1916. A nice association copy between two prominent economists and bankers. Books signed by Sieghart are uncommon. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 56764

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Titel: DIE LETZTEN JAHRZEHNTE EINER GROSSMACHT ...

Verlag: Im Verlag Ullstein, Berlin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1932

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

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