Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself. The best known of these is Alraune (1911). The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the first and perhaps the best, and was included in Karl Edward Wagner’s “39 List” of the greatest horror novels ever written.

It introduces the character of Frank Braun, who, like Ewers, is a writer, historian, philosopher, and world traveler with a decidedly Nietzschean morality. The story concerns Braun’s attempts to influence a small cult of Evangelical Christians in a small Italian mountain village for his own financial gain, and the horrific results which ensue.

This is a first printing of the first English Edition, which was limited to only 2000 copies back in 1927. A clean copy with no defects.
A spectacularly rare and special book.