Untergang der Welt durch Schwarze Magie (The End of the World Through Black Magic)

Kraus, Karl. Untergang der Welt durch Schwarze Magie (The End of the World Through Black Magic). Wien; Leipzig: Die Fackel, 1922. First edition. Octavo. 496pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. First edition of this fascinating work compiling essays written by Kraus from 1908 to 1922. Laid in at the end of the book Karl Kraus’s obituary folded in four. Minor age wear on binding with slight age-toning on spine and minor rubbing on head of spine. Text in German. Binding in overall good to very good, interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover.

About the author: Karl Kraus (1874-1936). Austrian satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, and poet. Karl Kraus is considered the foremost satirists of the 20th century in German language. His most important play is the pacifist Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (1915-1919), which rose from his reaction to World War I. For his rarely performed magnum opus Kraus was three times nominated by French academicians for a Nobel Prize in Literature. (26047) $75