Rudolf G. Binding — Gedenkrede Auf Beethoven

Frankfurt, Private Print of the Art School in Frankfurt, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of this speech given by Rudolf G. Binding to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the death of Beethoven, signed by the author with a letter. In the German language. German language. Scarce work. Limited to two hundred copies. A commemorative speech given on the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Beethoven to the party at the Opera House in Frankfurt. Written by Rudolf Georg Binding, a German writer best known as a diarist particularly for his entries during time serving as cavalry master and staff officer in the First World War. Signed by the author on the title page with an inscription to H. G. Fiedler, dated 12th February, 1936. Fiedler was a German scholar and Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. With a letter from the author and his secretary Elizabeth Jumgmann, addressed to Frauline Nerina, dated 18th February, 1936. Jungmann was a Jewish German interpreter and literary executor who hoped but was unable to marry Binding due to Nuremberg Laws. She became the second wife of writer and parodist Sir Max Beerbohm. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .