▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁and ▁sold ▁only ▁ 1 2 0 ▁of ▁these , ▁and ▁still ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁these ▁by ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁res old ▁as ▁the ▁complete ▁two - volume ▁set . ▁Though ▁his ▁friendship ▁with ▁Richard ▁Wagner ▁was ▁nearly ▁over , ▁Wagner ▁actually ▁received ▁a ▁signed ▁copy , ▁though ▁he ▁never ▁read ▁it , ▁saying ▁N iet z sche ▁would ▁thank ▁him ▁for ▁this ▁one ▁day . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁by ▁Alexander ▁Har vey , ▁a ▁Belg ian - born ▁American ▁journalist , ▁and ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Chicago ▁by ▁C . H . ▁K err , ▁a ▁small ▁but ▁notable ▁publishing ▁house ▁of ▁soci ally ▁progress ive ▁literature . ▁Following ▁this , ▁a ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁translation ▁by ▁writer ▁Helen ▁Z imm ern ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁complete ▁edition ▁of ▁N iet z sche ' s ▁books ▁in ▁English , ▁but ▁was ▁never ▁translated ▁by ▁Walter ▁Kauf mann ▁when ▁he ▁translated ▁most ▁of ▁N iet z sche ' s ▁works ▁into ▁English ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁' 6 0 s . ▁Finally , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁was ▁translated ▁by ▁Mar ion ▁Fab er ▁and ▁completely ▁translated ▁by ▁R . J . ▁Hol ling dale ▁the ▁same ▁de cade . ▁Mar ion ▁Fab er ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁Z imm ern ' s ▁" anti qu ated ▁Victor ian ▁style