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1906295587Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. hardcover. fine. Translated into blank verse by Bayard Taylor. Illustrations by Ary Scheffer. Wilheml von Kaulback et. al. hand-colored frontispieces in 2 states in each volume colored and uncolored. 4 volumes 4to magnificently rebound by the Riverside Press in full green crushed morocco mulitple gilt fillet borders: inner dentelles and fully inlaid panels with floral borders and silk moire flyleaves top edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Fine.<br/><br/> Large paper edition. Number 4 of 650 copies.<br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1808140941347Tubingen: Cotta 1808. First Edition. Near Fine. 309 pp. German language. First Edition of the first segment in its complete form though previously appeared in 1790 as a partial printing Faust A Fragment. In an unusual three-quarter early 20th-century art binding with brown marbled paper over metallic patterned cloth. Near Fine. Light working to front cover. Foxing throughout. Browning and light old tidemark to preliminary pages. Loss to lower marine of page 293 with no textual loss. A beautiful copy of what is considered by many to be one of the finest works of German literature. Part II was completed in 1831 and was not published until after Goethe's death in 1832. Cotta unknown books
51061St. Petersburg: Pri imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk Imperial Academy of Sciences 1794. Second edition "Vtorym tisneniem". Large 12mo 15.3 Ã 9.8 cm. Contemporary full calf spine tooled in black and with red title label; edges red; 1-124 and 125-249 pp. consecutive pagination. Professional restoration to edges of boards; small paper repairs to tips of upper corners; contemporary ink ownership annotation to front pastedown "Kapitan Aleksandr Ostaf'ev"; still about very good. Complete second printing published in two separate parts with continuous pagination of Goethe's epochal work and one of the first novels to earn cult status with a younger generation of readers. Although the translator is not credited the text is identical to the version by F. Galchenkov first published in 1781. Galchenkov was a translator at the Academy of Sciences whose translation although flawed remained the only published version until the appearance of a new translation by N. M. Rozhalin in 1829.<br/><br/>Goethe's work was widely read and influenced the works of many well-known contemporaries such as Lermontov. Coinciding with the peak of Russian Sentimentalism the novel also inspired several lesser-known Russian "Wertheriades" such as "The Russian Werther" by M. Sushkov 1775-1792 who actually committed suicide upon his novella's completion and a work by Nikolai Emin 1767-1814. See also: Eggeling and Schneider Der russische Werther: Analysen und Materialien zu einem Kapitel deutsch-russischer Literaturbeziehungen; as well as a dissertation on the topic by Dina V. Lobacheva.<br/><br/>Svodnyi katalog no. 1426. Not in Sopikov see 11575 for the 1781 edition.<br/><br/>Rare; we cannot trace any copies at auction in the Russian market or in Western auction records. As of October 2020 KVK and OCLC only show a microform at Harvard. A copy of the first edition is held by Yale. hardcover books
1780315473Dublin: C. Jackson 1780. First Dublin edition. vii i 105 1; iv 122 pp. with half-titles. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf red morocco spine label. Light scuffing to covers else a fine copy. First Dublin edition. vii i 105 1; iv 122 pp. with half-titles. 8vo. The rare first Dublin edition of Goethe's immensely popular Sturm und Drang epistolary novel of unrequited love. First published in German 1774 and in English translation from the French in 1779 in London from which this first Dublin edition takes its text. According to ESTC the translation is variously ascribed to Richard Graves and Daniel Malthus. The novel propelled Goethe to fame throughout the continent and initiated a "Werther Fever" which lead young men to mimic the dress mannerisms and in some rumored cases the means of death of the titular hero. ESTC T155711 6 copies; Garside Raven and Schowerling 1779:10 see notes C. Jackson unknown books
18212523London: Boosey and Sons 1821. First English Edition. First English Edition. 4to. Contemporary or original drab boards with pictorial cover insert later gilt leather spine made to match style. The rare first English edition translated by Coleridge with 27 superb full-plates by Henry Moses from sketches by Moritz Retsch. Several pages with professional repairs including some with larger rice paper mending newer endsheets browntoning internally cover wear. Still a presentable copy of an exceedingly scarce and important first translation of one of the greatest classics every written. <br/><br/> Boosey and Sons hardcover books
1787292888Leipzig: Goschen 1787. hardcover. fine. 8 volumes. Copper engravings in each volume. 12mo 3/4 brown morocco marbled board small water stain on the tops of some pages not effecting the pages or margins. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Goschen 1787.<br/><br/> A lovely set in near fine codition<br/><br/> Goschen unknown books
19345744N.p.: Mimeograph typescript 1934. The successful German-Jewish banker Hans Arnold made his home in Berlin a salon for artists musicians and intellectuals the structure now houses the American Academy in Berlin. As a patron of the arts Arnhold merited this hand-made gift dedicated for Christmas 1934 of a Goethe's Faust one of an unspecified but certainly tiny number of mimeographed copies printed on Crown Van Gelder watermarked paper and accompanied by an original drawing by the notable illustrator Michel Fingesten. The gift dedication is signed by Grete Scholz d. 1937 wife of the painter Fritz-Karl Scholz-Wetterhof d. 1945. Fingesten's ex-libris for Grete Scholz is extant. Michel Fingesten 1884-1943 was a peripatetic artist known primarily for illustrated bookplates who produced a rich body of work in the course of his agitated life. An Italian Jew he was held in the concentration camp at Ferramonti for three years until its liberation in 1943. He died soon after a result of wounds sustained in a car accident. This volume is an artifact of the vibrant artistic and intellectual life that flourished in Germany and Mitteleurop at the cusp of Fascist domination in the 1930s. . 27 cm; 2 169 1 pages dedication leaf and original pencil and chalk title leaf with portrait of a grinning Mephistopheles by Michel Fingesten Michl Finkelstein signed in pencil protected by glassine leaf. Dedication "für HANS ARNOLD geschreiben Weihnachten 1934" signed in ink by Grete Scholz. Text mimeographed typescript on Crown Van Gelder. Bound in half vellum over buckram cloth-covered boards with buckram endleaves. Title stamped in gilt letters on vellum panel of top board. Upper board somewhat bowed but book is effectively pristine. Mimeograph typescript hardcover books
18862933Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1886. 8vo. 2 ff. xxx pp. 1 f. 209 1 pp. 1 f.; 7 plates each in four states. <br><br>A bibliophiles' edition limited to 220 this one of 10 copies on papier du Japon. Illustrated with eaux-fortes by Lalauze and each plate present in four states.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Bound by Lortic Frères in red morocco with filigree gilt tooling on covers and in spine compartments; a gilt rose also in each spine compartment. Blue morocco in-laid doublures turquoise watered silk endpapers and marbled fly-leaves; very wide turn-ins with gilt dentelles. All edges gilt over marbling. A copy in lovely condition imperceptibly rebacked with the original spine retained. Original wrappers bound in. Protected in a crimson morocco-edged slipcase. Librairie des Bibliophiles unknown books
18467Suttgart and Tobingen: J.B. Gotta 1846. First edition. kaulbach german. First edition. Thick folio. Original brown leather binding with lavish gold illustrated cover and spine designs and details. 36 superb engravings by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. 257pp. Slight wear to edges and corners occasional foxing and light discoloration otherwise a very good copy of a book seldom seen in presentable condition. A high-water mark in mid-19th century children's illustration and engraving. <br/><br/> J.B. Gotta hardcover books
1821WB15118London: Booksey & Sons 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thin 8vo. Rebound in modern 3/4 maroon leather and red cloth spine lettered in gilt. pp. viii 86 2 with the half-title and the final leaf with a list of plates and errata; frontispiece drawn and engraved by Henry Moses and with 26 plates engraved by Moses after Professor Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch's 'outlines'. Some scattered staining and spotting as often the case. Some pages here are very fresh others not so fresh; but in all a very good copy. The First Edition of the First Complete English Translation of Part One of Goethe's Faust. There were several editions of this book this being the edition with the accompanying plates. The translation was anonymous at the time of printing; it was first incorrectly credited to George Soane. It has since been revealed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the actual translator. <br/><br/> Booksey & Sons hardcover books
1885252654Philadelphia: George Barrie 1885. hardcover. very good. 18 volumes 10 volumes of Goethe and 8 volumes of Schiller. Profusely illustrated with numerous head and tail pieces 648 in-text illustrations 128 full-page wood engravings and over full-page mounted steel engravings. 4to 3/4 black morocco over green silk moire boards decoratively gilt spine top edges gilt. Philadelphia New York & Boston: George Barrie 1885. A fine set with some slightly rubbed spines.<br/><br/> George Barrie unknown books
1882008164London: George Bell and Sons 1882. RARE. Published 1882 - 1883. Three of the Schiller volumes and two of The Goethe with frontispiece portrait engraving. Seventeen volumes handsomely bound in contemporary polished black calf over marbled boards the backs gilt marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine prior owner name one volume front joint starting to open from bottom end yet holding nicely one volume of Schiller light rubbing at corners.some spotting associated with the engravings marbled covers light rubbing. SCARCE in the complete 17 volume set and in lovely contemporary bindings. Bohn's Standard Library. Translated from the German. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . Later Edition. Half Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Bell and Sons Hardcover books
1819204636Stuttgard: in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung 1819. First edition second printing. Few light spots of foxing to first and last leaves top edge a bit dusty still a very nice largely untrimmed copy. 8vo 556pp; handsome later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. The first printing of Goethe's great cycle of Sufi-inspired verses is exceedingly scarce. The second printing as here is distinguished by corrected text on pages 7 and 9 doubled pagination of pages 399-400 and missed pagination on pages 495-496. A very appealing copy including its famous engraved frontispiece evoking Persian calligraphy. in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung unknown books
19263957Berlin: P. Cassirer 1926. Limited Edition. Very Good. Copy #52 of only 100 copies. 20 lithographs by Walser poems by Goethe followed by a suite of 29 signed lithographs on fine paper with tissue guards. A lovely production in all respects. The publisher's slipcase is present but heavily worn and really for the purposes of protection only. The laid in contents however have survived nicely and are for the most part quite fresh. <br/><br/> P. Cassirer unknown books
194315958Paris: Le Vasseur & Cie 1943. Original Wraps. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Near fine in nicked slipcases. 2 vols. Icart Louis. 249 & 166 pages. 24 x 18 cm. Twenty-four tinted watercolors aquarelles by Louis Icart with two additional suites: one in color and one in black and white printed on Velin D'Arches paper in a Limited Edition copy 265 of 400. Translation by Gerard de Nerval and printed by Draeger Freres. Another of many sterling book art publications printed in Paris during the German occupation. A brilliant exemplar printed in red and black extremely clean and bright with cover glassine over wrappers. Le Vasseur & Cie unknown books
1885247839Munich: Theodore Stroefer 1885. With 50 illustrations after Original designs by Alexander Liezen Mayer.and with Vignettes Ornamental Bordering etc. By Rudolf Seitz. 1 vols. Folio 19-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches. Publisher's red pictorial cloth red leather spine. Almost fine minor foxing. With 50 illustrations after Original designs by Alexander Liezen Mayer.and with Vignettes Ornamental Bordering etc. By Rudolf Seitz. 1 vols. Folio 19-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches. inscribed "To our dear Annie Prang Hegeler Cole. Louis Prang Mary Prang Feb. 15 1908. Theodore Stroefer unknown books
18857547Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1885. One of 15 copies on Whatman paper from the Large Paper edition of 100. Engraved portrait and 6 plates each in two states by Champollion after H.P. Laurens. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco upper cover with bevelled edges and large rectangular calf inset with elaborate pictorial design in relief showing two devils playing with a heart while an angel covers her face labelled "Marguerite et Faust"; spine in four compartments with three double raised bands cover edges gilt turn-ins blind-tooled with blue and green morocco onlays linings of blue and white satin embroidered with green silk and gilt thread in a floral design a.e.g. original wrappers bound in by Salvator David. Perforated library-stamp and ink accession number on t.p. and p. 15; jointst slightly rubbed inner hinges starting. In morocco-tipped slipcase. One of 15 copies on Whatman paper from the Large Paper edition of 100. Engraved portrait and 6 plates each in two states by Champollion after H.P. Laurens. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. In Cuir Cisele Binding by David. Librairie des Bibliophiles unknown books
187562941London: George Bell & Sons 1875. A volume in Bohn's Standard library. Small 8vo 7 x 4 1/2 inches. vi 2 504 pp. 31-page publisher's catalogue front Bell's Standard Works and rear Bohn's Standard Works. Thomas Hardy's copy with his ownership signature at the head of the title page and his book label printed in red on the front pastedown pencil markings on 9 pages through the text and the pencil date "August 9 1893" at the end of "The Sorrows of Young Werther." Light narrow tideline through the very top of the text else very good. Original embossed green cloth gilt spine title. 9727. <br/><br/> George Bell & Sons hardcover books
1828100181Boston: Wells and Lilly-Court Street 1828. First American edition. xiv 235; 203; 222 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary quarter red morocco and marbled boards. One head chipped. First American edition. xiv 235; 203; 222 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. The first American edition translated by Thomas Carlyle who was an important link between German Romanticism and American Transcendentalism. In fact Emerson inscribed a copy of this very edition to Thoreau. Wells and Lilly-Court Street unknown books
1913150132Hammersmith: Cobden 1913. Limited. hardcover. near fine. 163 pages with text in German. Tall thin 8vo. Full flexible vellum lettered in gilt covers just a bit warped as usual. Printed throughout in red and black uncut edges. Hammersmith: T.J. Cobden at The Doves Press 1913. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Limited to only 200 copies.<br/><br/> Cobden unknown books
188216263Boston: S.E. Cassino Publisher 1882. 1/2 leather. Near Fine. An exceptionally clean example of the Collected Works of Goethe 1749-1832 complete in 10 volumes and published out of Boston in 1882. Bound --and signed-- by Blackwell for Brentano's in a handsome 1/2 dark-brown morocco over marbled boards. 5 raised bands fine gilt-tooling and titling along each spine. Each volume is crisp tight and easily Near Fine with virtually no wear to speak of. And internally each volume is clean as could be with no writing or markings of any kind. Thick uniform octavos matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns top-edges gilt. The set consists of: Faust 2 Vols.; Autobiography 2 Vols.; Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels 2 Vols.; Sorrows of Werther Elective Affinities and a Novellette; Poems; Travels in Italy France and Switzerland; and The Dramatic Works of Goethe Including Iphigenia in Tauris Torquato Tasso Goetz von Berlichingen and the Fellow-Culprits. Very attractively bound -- and in remarkably clean bright condition. <br/><br/> S.E. Cassino, Publisher hardcover books
189438734Gera: A. Nugel 1894. Large octavo. 10 x 6 3/4 inches. 94 color plates. Text in German. Lithographs by Walter Müller. Half brown morocco over marbled paper boards spine in five compartments with raised bands silk endpapers.<br/> <br/>A lovely book on apples and pears published under the direction of the German Agricultural Society.<br/> <br/>In the 19th century at the time of this work's publication people in Europe and the United States were very interested in learning about and trying new fruit varieties. Here 45 types of apple and 49 types of pear in ranging shades of yellow red orange and green are each illustrated and described in botanical and agricultural terms. Some highlights include the Schafsnase "sheep's nose" Forellenbirn "trout pear" named after its color resemblance to the rainbow trout and Geflammter Kardinal "flamed cardinal". A. Nugel unknown books
190653763Hammersmith: The Doves Press 1906. Edition limited to 300 copies small 4to pp. 260 2. 4 blank; text printed in red and black; original limp vellum gilt title on spine very good with very light spotting on a few pages and corner of the lower cover creased. A second volume was printed in 1910. Tidcombe 10. <br/><br/> The Doves Press hardcover books
1809292581Tubingen: Cottaschen 1809. First. paperback. very good. 2 parts in 2 volumes. 2 306 & 340 pages. Short 8vos contemporary marbled paper wrappers; protected in matching marbled paper slipcase. Tubingen: in der J.G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung 1809. First edition. Some minor occasional staining in gutter of 2nd volume otherwise rather clean with minimal foxing. Neatly re-enforced tissue hinge on title pages; one page in first volume 219/20 is torn with significant text loss otherwise a very good copy of this uncommon title.<br/><br/> Originally planned as a novella insert for 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship' the poetry that had sprung from Goethe's passion for Wilhelmine Herzlieb soon grew into a novel of its own. According to Frommann published in a print run of 2500 copies. -- Goedeke IV / 3 388 181; Hagen 327; Kippenberg I 384; Fischer 704.<br/><br/> Cottaschen unknown books
1799WN4021Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg 1799. Binding half calf with marbled boards plain endpapers and handsewn red and white end bands. 5 raised bands with new black calf and gilt titling piece. Binding has been expertly restored. The 1799 edition was the first in which the 10 Bolt and Kohl engravings appeared. Bookplate of Robertson Trowbridge with gift inscription to Thomas Pym Cope dated November 1921. First Thus. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F. Bolt and C. Kohl. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Trade. Friedrich Vieweg Hardcover books