The House of Wittgenstein: A Family At War

New York: Doubleday, 2008. First edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in color illus multi-colro jacket; x, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, genealogical table; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index. About fine in fine jacket, with slight rubbing to fore-edge (see photos). in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780385520607

"A portrait of the Wittgenstein family of Vienna traces the triumphs and vicissitudes of a star-crossed dynasty held together by a love of music yet torn apart by money, madness, conflicts of loyalty, and the cataclysmic upheaval of two world wars" —Publisher. Contents: Family Tree -- A Dirty Thing to Do -- Nasty Mess -- The New Disorder -- Connection and Meltdown -- Postscript. // Intellectuals -- Austria -- Vienna -- Biography. Rich people -- Austria -- Vienna -- Biography. Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Austria -- Vienna -- Biography. Intellectuels -- Autriche -- Vienne -- Biographies. Riches -- Autriche -- Vienne -- Biographies. Eccentrics and eccentricities. Intellectual life. Intellectuals. Rich people. Named Person: Wittgenstein family. Wittgenstein (Famille) Wittgenstein family. Wittgenstein (Familie) Collective biographies. 1800-1999 Geschichte Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.