A simple listing of Sebald’s German, British, and American first editions. Titles are list chronologically according the the publication date of the true first edition. Limited editions and proofs are listed elsewhere.
Carl Sternheim: Kritiker und Opfer der Wilhelminischen Ära. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1969.
Der Mythus der Zerstoerung im Werk Doeblins. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett, 1980
Die Beschreibung des Unglücks: Zur österreichischen Literature von Stifter bis Handke. Salzburg and Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 1985.
Nach Der Natur: Ein Elementargedicht. Nordlingen, Germany: Greno, 1988.
After Nature. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First British Edition
After Nature. New York: Random House, 2002. First American edition.
Schwindel. Gefühle. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn Verlag, 1990.
Vertigo. London: Harvill Press, 1999. First British edition.
Vertigo. NY: New Directions, 2000. First American edition.
Unheimliche Heimat: Essays zur österreichischen Literatur. Salzburg and Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 1991.
Die Ausgewanderten. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn Verlag, 1992.
The Emigrants. London: Harvill Press, 1996. First British edition.
The Emigrants. New York: New Directions, 1996. First American edition.
Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine Englische Wallfahrt. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn Verlag, 1995.
The Rings of Saturn. London: Harvill Press, 1998. First British edition.
The Rings of Saturn. NY: New Directions, 1998. First American edition. in
Logis in einem Landhaus. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1998.
Luftkrieg and Literatur; Mit einem Essay zu Alfred Andersch. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1999.
On the Natural History of Destruction; With Essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry and Peter Weiss. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003. First British edition.
On the Natural History of Destruction. New York: Random House, 2003. First American edition.
Austerlitz. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2001.
Austerlitz. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2001. First British edition.
Austerlitz. NY: Random House, 2001. First American Edition.
Young Austerlitz. London: Penguin, 2005. (A 58-page excerpt from Austerlitz, published among 70 titles chosen to celebrate Penguin Book’s 70th anniversary.)
For Years Now: Poems by W.G. Sebald, Images by Tess Jaray. London: Short Books, 2001.
Campo Santo. Munich: Hanser, 2003.
Campo Santo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005. First British edition.
Campo Santo. New York: Random House, 2005. First American edition.
Sebald, W.G. and Jan Peter Tripp. Unerzählt: 33 Texte und 33 Radierungen. Munich: Hanser, 2003.
Sebald, W.G. and Jan Peter Tripp. Unrecounted: 33 Texts and 33 Etchings. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. First British edition.
Unrecounted: 33 Poems by W.G. Sebald, 33 Lithographs by Jan Peter Tripp. New York: New Directions, 2004. First American edition.
March 13, 2012 at 11:01 am
Don’t forget Der Mythus der Zerstoerung im Werk Doeblins. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett, 1980. It is a completely revised version of the Ph.D. which Sebald submitted at the University of East Anglia in 1973.
March 13, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Richard – I’ve added Der Mythus der Zerstoerung im Werk Doeblins. I’m not sure how that slipped through the cracks, but it did. Thanks.