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1917WRCLIT81786New Haven: Yale University Library 1917. Folio. Sewn printed wrappers. laid in color plate with printed tissue guard. Some nicks short snags and fraying at the extreme overlap wrapper edges but very good. First edition. One of 100 copies printed on English handmade paper and issued as the 3rd of a series of facsimiles and reproductions of rare items from the Speck Collection at Yale. Yale University Library unknown books
1977127568München Munich Germany: Goethe-Institut 1977. Softbound. VG pages age-toned but edges crisp. In English. Pale lavendar wraps white lettering 72 pp profuse line drawings in brown and white. In English; translation of title= Art nouveau / Jugendstil / modern style: an exhibition of the Goethe Institute for the care of the German language abroad and to the demand of the international cultural cooperation eV Munich Google Translate. Goethe-Institut unknown books
0341<br/><br/>Goethe Johann Wolfgang von. Bey Allerhochster Anwesenheit Ihro Majestat der Kaiserin Mutter Maria Feodorowna in Weimar Maskenzug. Stuttgart: In der Cottaischen Buchhandlung 1819. 8vo. This copy in the original printed salmon colored wrappers front cover with "Festgeichte Weimar 18ter December 1818" surrounded by typographical border. 80pp. a very good copy with light foxing and a few tears to front wrapper.<br/> <br/>First edition of the complete text of the Masked Procession of 18 December 1818 anonymously composed by Goethe in celebration of the visit of Maria Feodorowna to her daughter the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna in Weimar. Maria Pavlovna Romanov 1786-1859 younger sister of Alexander I and Nicholas I who had married Carl Friedrich Crown Prince of Saxe-Weimar in 1804. She remained in Weimar for the next half century. Goethe's text also includes preliminary announcements of the masked procession and a list of people taking part among them Goethe himself as Mephistopheles von Münchhausen Frl. von Schiller Vulpius Frl. von Herder von Arnim Frau von Goethe etc. <br/> <br/>Reference: Goedeke IV/3 491 107; Hagen Drucke von Goethes Werken 405. unknown books
183334553Berlin: Duncker und Humblot 1833. 8vo. Vols. I & II of 6 only. <br><br>Edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer. Later 19th-century quarter leather; rebacked and large portions of the original spine laid down. Duncker und Humblot hardcover books
1916UMATCHI00HMRRiverside 1916. Very Good. Matthews Brander editor. Chief European Dramatists. Aeschylus; Aristophanes; Hugo Victor; Ibsen Henrik; Goethe; Dumas Alexandre. Boston: Riverside 1916. 786pp. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges and light soiling. Riverside hardcover books
1788D7155Leipzig: Georg Joachim 1788. First issue of this edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Straight-grain brown morocco ornately ruled in gilt lettering and ornate details gilt-stamped in spine compartments 5 raised bands inside gilt dentelles a.e.g. moire endpapers; 16mo 90 x 150 mm; pp. 2 126. Spine just a little sunned and rubbed along joints; text block just a bit age-toned; previous owner's handsome bookplate on verso of FFEP. A lavish copy. <br/><br/> Georg Joachim hardcover books
43605131 pp. play by the German literary master including 6 plates showing drawings by Goetz Freiherrn von Seckendorff 1889-1914 of characters in the play delicately hand colored with watercolors by Emil Wöllner additional engraved title-page by E.R. Weiss. 8vo. Embossed leather front cover slightly rubbed. Munich Marées-Gesellschaft 1918. Marées-Gesellschaft 1. One of 150 copies. hardcover books
18818000Stuttgart. J.G. Gottafchen. 1881. Extravagently bound in half paneled red morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with extremely ornate gilt tooled motifs in the Art Nouveau fashion. Gilt titles. Marbled edges. Decorative Nouveau endsheets. 8vo 5" x 7.25". Occasionally illustrated with full page monochrome plates. Text in high German. The slightest of occasional wear to spine and covers. A Fine bright brilliantly bound set. J.G. Gottafchen. hardcover books
192440937Montagnola: Officina Bodoni 1924. One of 230 copies printed in Bodoni Cancelleresco 20 point type on Fabriano hand-made paper. 1 vols. Folio. Red dyed vellum stamped in gilt spine faded else fine. Bookplate of Albert Parsons Sachs. One of 230 copies printed in Bodoni Cancelleresco 20 point type on Fabriano hand-made paper. 1 vols. Folio. Barr 8; Mardesteig 6 Officina Bodoni unknown books
1922000307Munchen Munich: F. Bruckmann 1922. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to. Limited edition #244 of 1000. 20 handcolored plates. Reprint with virtually complete fidelity to 1789 edition. 65 pp. Near fine. Boards have some soilwage and wear. Pages clean. Binding tight. 20 Handkolorierte Tafeln. Sehr schones Exemplar ungefahre Fein. Die Deckeln haben ein Bischen Schmutz. Die Seiten sind sauber. Limiterte Auflage 244/1000. <br/><br/> F. Bruckmann hardcover books
19445075Basel Verlag: Birkhäuser-Klassiker 1944. First Edition Thus presumed. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good DJ. Minimal shelf/edge wear small bookseller plate tipped in at endpages else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear light toning at spine and edges else clean. Quarterbound blue cloth spine painted paper boards navy ink label gilt lettering. Small 8vo. 411pp; 311pp. <br/><br/> Birkhäuser-Klassiker hardcover books
19179026718Alfred Honnicke at the Daphnis Press 1917. Stiff Wraps. Very good. Bound in publisher's original stiff red paper stamped in gilt with griffins and lyres. Printed by Johann Enchede en Zonen. One of 100 press numbered copies. Text in German. Heavy stock with uncut edges. Some wear to cover with a few tears to upper back cover with losses. Otherwise binding and pages in fine good condition. <br/><br/> Alfred Honnicke at the Daphnis Press paperback books
1950179649Freiburg Germany: Verlag Karl Alber 1950. Hardcover. VG. scuffs & tanning to boards. dustjacket is split into halves; laid in portfolio. slipcase has scuffing scratching & rubbing to corners. portfolio with tan boards with red cover illustration & grey cloth spine w/ red spine printing. 7 packets of pages in sequential order with a total of 141 numbered pgs. tan illustrated dustjacket. plain slipcase. Text in German. A nice interesting edition for the Goethe collector. Verlag Karl Alber hardcover books
1921WRCLIT67505Berlin: Bruno Cassirer 1921. Small folio. Quarter parchment and mottled paper over boards with pictorial vignette on upper board. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Liebermann. Lower foretips bruised otherwise a very good copy. First edition with these illustrations. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist. Bruno Cassirer hardcover books
178734219Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen 1787. Ächte Ausgabe. 2 64 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original grey wrappers all edges uncut lacking front cover title page and p. 64 somewhat browned else a bright unopened copy. Ächte Ausgabe. 2 64 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First separate printing of this dramatic work from Bd. 4 of Göschen's authorized edition of Goethe with separate title page and new pagination. Georg Joachim Göschen unknown 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
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
1931WRCLIT74407New York: Japan Paper Company 1931. Small quarto. Parchment and boards. Modest scattered foxing to endsheets and occasionally to text but a very good copy. First printing in this format. Translated by Dr. Auguste Frischmann. Designed by Carl Purington Rollins. Printed on Zerkall mould- made paper by the printing-office of the Yale University Press. Japan Paper Company hardcover books
1988WRCLIT47569New York: Suhrkamp Publishers 1988. Large octavo. Cloth. First edition of these translations into English by Robert M. Browning Michael Hamburger Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Edited by Hamlin and Ryder. Fine in dust jacket with a front panel illustration by Andy Warhol. Issued as the seventh volume of the uniform edition. Suhrkamp Publishers hardcover books
1967010187Saratoga Springs: The Erebus Press 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No. First edition. One of 100 copies printed on Rising Line Marque paper. Poems by various German poets including Goethe laid alongside magnificent full page SIGNED woodcuts by Richard Upton. Tall signatures laid into clamshell box. This book was the winner of the Interlaken Designer Award. All elements in fine condition. Folio. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> The Erebus Press paperback books
1924288808Berlin: Carl Albert Kindle 1924. hardcover. near fine. Text in German. With an introduction by Max von Boehn. Many black and white illustrations some tipped in. very thick 4to ribbed vellum spine somewhat darkened over ornately blind-stamped tan boards. Berlin: Carl Albert Kindle 1924. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> An attractive tome.<br/><br/> Carl Albert Kindle unknown books
1908273188London: Hutchinson 1908. l. hardcover. very good. Willy Pogany. 30 color plates by Willy Pogany with lettered tissue guards. Translated by Abraham Hayward. Thick 4to rubricated title bound in vellum with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt and blue design by Pogany to the front cover slightly warped spine repaired gilt top. London: Hutchinson 1908. Very good.<br/><br/> Limited Large Paper Edition number 150 of 250 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page.<br/><br/> Hutchinson unknown books
192523592New York: Dingwall Rock Ltd. 1925. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Fine. Clarke Harry. Limited ed. 4to quarter vellum over plain paper covered boards. Illustrate d by Harry Clarke with 8 color plates and 13 b&w full page drawings plus partial page drawings scattered throughout. TEG uncut pages. #134 of 1000 copies designated for the American market signed on the colophon by Clarke. Fine in scarce jacket. <br/><br/> Dingwall Rock Ltd. hardcover books
19407999Berlin: Hundertjahrs Ausgabe Im Askanischen Verlag 1940. Collectible; Very Good. The 1940 1st thus bound in full vellum and including the original printed dustjacket. Clean and solid and VG in a bright VG dustjacket with mild darkening and creasing along the spine. Thick quarto 449 pgs. tipped-in black-and-white plates by Max Von Boehn thruout. Text in the old script the fracteur. Also includes an uncommon example of the publisher's printed slipcase which has held up well and is solidly VG. A lavish wartime edition of "Faust" <br/><br/> Hundertjahrs Ausgabe Im Askanischen Verlag hardcover books
237453London: Hutchinson. hardcover. Pogony Willy. Translated by Abraham Hayward. Color frontispiece color plates by Willy Pogany decorative title page decorative initials at chapter headings 210pp. thick 8vo pictorial red cloth lightly rubbed. London: Hutchinson & Co. n.d. ca. 1920.<br/><br/> Hutchinson unknown books
