[NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH]. The Dawn of Day. Published by T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1903.
FIRST EDITION; cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (24 x 15.5 x 3 cm), pp. xxix, [3], 387. English text, translated by Johanna Volz. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and embossed publisher's device to the front cover and the spine, page edges untrimmed, black endpapers, half-title. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Very slight bumping to spine ends. Cover and contents very well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings. A handsome copy. Scarce thus.
Notes: First English language edition, first impression, originally published in Germany in 1881. "Continuing the positivistic turn of Human, All Too Human, Dawn is the second instalment in the free spirit trilogy that culminated in The Joyful Science. One of Nietzsche's 'yes-saying' books, it marks his first significant confrontation with morality and offers glimpses of many of the signature themes in his mature works. Dawn has come to be admired in recent years for its ethical naturalism, psychological observations, and therapeutic insights" (Stanford University Press).
