Mircéa Eliade

1970 · réf. 1327 — new york: herder and herder 1970. first american edition 1970. two metaphysical novellas first published together in romania in 1940. both stories are set in a realist frame moving slowly from obsession to a gradual unraveling of common logic. "the secret of dr. honigberger" draws on a real 19th-century physician/ traveler. "nights at serampore" slips from a philosophical conversation into the uncanny. mircea eliade 1907-1986 was a romanian historian of religion and a fiction writer who lived mostly in exile. translated by william ames coates. new york: herder and herder. 5.5 x 8 inches. 130 pages. hardcover. bound in lush purple cloth-covered boards. book condition: partially erased price in pencil. owner's name in pen to title page. else fine. jacket condition: light shelf-wear. unclipped $5.00 near fine. from the library of richard perlbinder. herder and herder unknown