Hardcover with orange boards. The scarce version from the defunct publisher Covici Friede. Translated from the German by George Madison Priest. Webbing slightly showing on FFEP. Previous notes and drawing on page before title page. Scrawl on the half title page. The text is clean and legible with no internal marginalia or writing. Spine showing wear on the top with a slight unfurling of the board. An affordable copy of the unique Covici-Friede publication.

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, considered a masterpiece of German literature, about a scholar who makes a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles, for unlimited knowledge and experience, leading to a life of adventure, love (with Gretchen), and ultimate spiritual struggle, exploring themes of ambition, temptation, and redemption. Part One focuses on the pact and the tragic seduction of Gretchen, while Part Two delves into broader philosophical, mythological, and political themes, culminating in Faust's salvation through striving. 

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