Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cape
Date published: 1972
Description: Very Good The jacket is a bit marked and torn but has suffered minimal paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. One signature. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date published: 1972
Description: Hardback. First Printing. Book is a Tight square unmarked copy in Very Good Condition. Very slight wave to the center of the front free endpaper, but no waterstaining or evidence of moisture contact. Dustjacket is price clipped and in Good to Very Good condition, with some creasing to the front endpaper flap, and general light soiling to the outer covers. No chips or tears to speak of. Dustjacket has been placed by us in a clear Brodart protective cover and looks a lot better than this sounds. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1972
Date published: 1972
Description: First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Close to fine in plain red printed wrappers. (Trace of faint foxing at top edge) Uncommon advance. read more
"I love this small collection of very short reveries and watercolors that Hesse wrote and drew while hiking through the countryside. Some of them are very personal. One of my favorites lines is: Anyone who says no to himself cannot say yes to God. You get to know the person behind the novels. Very thoughtful pieces."
"I have seen quotes from this book over the years and it was good to finally get a copy of the source and read all of Hess' thoughts. Hess has a through understanding of the dilemma one faces in the modern world when one has a strong nomadic urge. Our modern world has a tendency to reward those that stay put so a nomadic is always in a struggle between their true nature and what the society wants them to do. Hess understands this as only one that has the problem can understand and documents it eloquently in this book. There is also one chapter about depression and can only have been written by one who has been there."
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