Heimito von Doderer
The Demons.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Two-volume set. First US edition.  Translation by Richard & Clara Winston of "Die Damonen" (Biederstein Verlag, 1956). x/690/viii/692-1334 pages.
Volumes, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", red cloth, with red lettering to black compartments on spine and front cover. Covers bear decorative designs and illustrations. Binding of first volume is beginning to crack at rear. Binding of second volume is firm. Interiors are clean and bright. Dust jackets display shelfwear, with top edge of rear cover of first volume exhibiting small tears. Front flap of jacket of first volume is price clipped. Slipcase also has minor signs of external wear. Typography, binding and jacket design are by George Salter.
 "On the one hand this novel presents a vast fresco of life centering in Vienna in the twenties of this century [the 20th], tracing links between the lowest criminal stratum, the intellectual bourgeoisie, and the palace of the aristocrats. On the other hand it illustrates and explores a system of insights into how human beings pass through sucessive states of understanding themselves and the issues of life. THE DEMONS is many-sided: at times powerful, macabre, touching, charming, illuminating." (Text by Thornton Wilder appearing on side of slipcase).