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18518415<p>This is an antique poetry book "The Song of the Bell - Newly Translated from Schiller by W.H. Furness. And other Poems from the German by F.H. Hedge." 1851; Willis P. Hazard; Philadelphia. The book features 16 full-page illustrations by Moritz Retzsch. Decorative cloth binding with gilt illustrations and lettering on the covers and spine and gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Poets include Goethe Friedrich Schiller Ludwig Uhland and Theodor Korner - please see the photos for the complete list of poems.<br /><br />Condition:<br />Light soiling to the covers; clean spine. Bright gilt lettering and illustrations on the covers and spine. Cloth tears at the cover corners. Cloth tears and small bits of cloth missing at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Mild foxing to the text pages throughout the book though heavier foxing on the end papers frontispiece and title page. Heavy tanning to the yellow front and rear end papers. The front yellow end paper has a tiny tear at the outer edge. Name/date 1857 written in ink on the half title page. Overall the book is in Good condition.</p> Willis P. Hazard hardcover
188331741Barcelona: Bibl. Arte y Letras E. Domenech 1883.- 127 p.: Ilistrado con finas xilografías con el texto enmarcado en artísticas orlas; 4º menor 204 x 14 cm; Portada a dos tintas Tela Ed. con bellas estampaciones a todo color por JORBA cortes pintados y greca dorada.- Bibl. Arte y Letras. En excelente estado de conservación. LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Libro en español Bibl. Arte y Letras hardcover
188323813BARCELONA: Imprenta de F. Giró 1883. Primera edición.- Gran 8º.- Tela editorial con planchas.- 127 páginas.- Ilustraciones entre texto texto orlado. Biblioteca ""Arte y Letras"". Imprenta de F. Giró hardcover
1818235666bei Friedr. Christ. Wilh. Vogel Leipzig 1818. Hardcover Goldrundumschnitt Nur: 2. Theil. Zustand: Keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten berieben/bestoßen dennoch gut. bei Friedr. Christ. Wilh. Vogel, Leipzig, hardcover
1822D7077Stuttgart und Tubingen: J. G. Cotta-schen 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Green paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label; 10 volumes. Boards a bit rubbed; spines lightly scuffed. Text blocks a little foxed but overall nice and clean. Sold as is. <br/><br/> J. G. Cotta-schen hardcover
1879148140Munich: Theodore Stroefer 1879. hardcover. very good. Translated by William H. Furness. Illustrated with 32 large plates after paintings by Alexander Liezen Mayer and with ornamental borderings by Rudolf Seitz. Extra illustrated title page. 4to original green pebbled cloth with lavish gilt and blind-stamped decorated covers and spine. Munich: Theodore Stroefer 1879. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> Some foxing on most of the plates but otherwise a very good copy in a beautiful crisp binding.<br/> <br/> Theodore Stroefer unknown
1872477450Stuttgart Cotta. Fair/No Dust Wrapper. 1872. Binding Thread Showing. Hard Cover. O288 . Stuttgart Cotta hardcover
1845500011821London: Burns 1845. Paperback. Poor. 16mo. Disbound.Owners name to 2nd ffep. Majority of illustrations coloured neatly in. <br/> <br/> Burns paperback
18445935London: William Blackwood and Sons 1844. Elegantly bound in tree calf with marbled endsheets. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.5" with 139 235 numbered pages respectively. <br /> <br /> These volumes are in very good condition. Minor wear to the spine and board edges. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #O4-113. William Blackwood and Sons unknown
1839002486London: Richard Bentley 1839 1839. THIRD EDITION FOURTH PRINTING of the first revised edition of Shelley's masterpiece and the last to contain an illustration with the first printing of the engraved frontis and additional engraved title-page dated 1831. The frontis depicting the creature coming to life. Bound in contemporary 1/2 tan calf blind tooled spine hand written paper spine label. Early repair to front hinge text clean and bright some minor foxing or offsetting to the engraved frontis and title-page overall still a GOOD copy of a book becoming increasingly difficult to find. According to RBH only 4 copies of this printing have appeared at auction in the last 25 years. In her introduction Shelley contextualizes the creation of her tale: "It proved a wet ungenial summer and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house. Some volumes of ghost stories translated from the German into French fell into our hands. 'We will each write a ghost story' said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to" This printing was apparently issued with and without the additional engraved frontis dated 1831. We can only assume that additional copies of the 1831 frontis had finally run out with this printing. OCLC/WorldCat locate 9 copies of the 1839 edition 7 without the engraved frontis and only 2 with. London: Richard Bentley, 1839 unknown
1839005001London: Richard Bentley 1839 1839. THIRD EDITION FOURTH PRINTING of the first revised edition of Shelley's masterpiece and the last to contain an illustration with the first printing of the engraved frontis and additional engraved title-page dated 1831. The frontis depicting the creature coming to life. Bound in the publisher's original blind stamped straight grained brown/maroon cloth engraved bookplate of Arnold Henry Robson to front pastedown. Spine expertly relined inner hinges strengthened spine and cover edges slightly sunned text clean and bright some minor foxing or offsetting to the engraved frontis and title-page overall still a GOOD copy of a book becoming increasingly difficult to find. According to RBH only 4 copies of this printing have appeared at auction in the last 25 years. In her introduction Shelley contextualizes the creation of her tale: "It proved a wet ungenial summer and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house. Some volumes of ghost stories translated from the German into French fell into our hands. 'We will each write a ghost story' said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to" This printing was apparently issued with and without the additional engraved frontis dated 1831. We can only assume that additional copies of the 1831 frontis had finally run out with this printing. OCLC/WorldCat locate 9 copies of the 1839 edition 7 without the engraved frontis and only 2 with. London: Richard Bentley, 1839 hardcover
1832355490721064London: Henry Colburn 1832. Hard Cover. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1832. The first illustrated edition the 3rd edition overall being the revised corrected and illustrated edition with a new introduction by the author. SECOND PRINTING OF THE THIRD EDITION of the first revised edition of Shelley's masterpiece and the first edition to contain an illustration of the monster by Theodor von Holst. First printing of engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page dated 1831 but with the 1832 printed title page. The frontispiece depicts the monster coming to life. Bound in contemporary 1/2 tan calf marbled boards 5 raised bands to the spine spine tooled in gilt and blind gilt lettered black spine label Inner and outer hinges still firm head and foot of spine very slightly rubbed; none of the usual foxing to the frontispiece and title page; inner text really clean. Overall a very good copy which has the number 1 in gilt to the third compartment of the spine. This comes together with a similarly bound first edition of "The Ghost-Seer!" by Frederick Schiller London: Colburn and Bentley 1831 which has an engraved frontispiece by Theodor von Holst of the "Greek Lady" appearing out of the new coffin with the Ghost Seer pointing. First printing of engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page dated 1831 this being Vol 2 of two volumes. The first volume being of course bound up with Frankenstein. The frontispiece depicts a "grey-bearded old man kneeling before the monument and praying fervently". Also bound in similar contemporary style to the "Frankenstein" but without the marbled end-papers. Overall a VG copy For the 2 books now smartly covered in removable clear acetate. Photographs/scans available upon request. Henry Colburn hardcover
1801356729Tubingen Germany: J.G. Cotta 1801. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Published in Tübingen Germany in 1801 by J.G. Cotta this copy being a fine exemplar of the First Edition Thus the first printing in German language using a Roman type-font of Shakespeare's influential exhibition of political intrigue and paranoia. Macbeth the original full title having been The Tragedie of Macbeth was allegedly performed first in 1606 a fine account of the physical and psychological effects that political ambition can have on those who would usurp the throne in this case the Scottish general of an English King urged on by his feckless wife. 161 pp. measuring 5" x 8". Original paper wraps removed recently rebound in decorated mottled brown paper over boards light rubbing to extremities faint scuffing to tips spine head and foot. This first printing in Roman type was followed by a second printing in the Fraktur type-font later in the same year 1801. New stiff endpapers faint remains of blue ink-stamp and erased ink notation to title page very faint occasional foxing throughout moderately waffly text-block else clean unmarked and tightly bound. The translator Friedrich Schiller sometimes called the “German Shakespeare” revered the life and work of English playwrites especially William Shakespeare. His Wikipedia entry notes that Schiller's adaptation of Shakespeare's justifiable classic Macbeth was aimed for presentation at the court theater in Weimar Germany that is not in England or Scotland. Friedrich Schiller is well known and respected for his literary works essays translations and especially play. Scarce in the trade in this edition unavailable in libraries available in Europe only haltingly. Friedrich Schiller born on Nov. 10 1759 in Marbach Germany grew up poor but was aided by the financial and interpersonal support of a wealthy Duke who helped Schiller matriculate to a secondary educational facility where he thrived. Schiller died on May 9 1805. His entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller 1759–1805 "authored an extraordinary series of dramas including The Robbers Maria Stuart and the trilogy Wallenstein. He was also a prodigious poet composing perhaps most famously the “Ode to Joy” featured in the culmination of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and enshrined some two centuries later in the European Hymn." Critics note his close relationship with Goethe and his influence on German stage production and Continental European philosophy. "Between 1791 and 1796" notes the entry "he authored a range of theoretical works that are both sophisticated and original."Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. J.G. Cotta hardcover
1900860T85Leipzig: Berlag vin Philipp c1900. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". None. Four volumes of collections of works by Schiller Goethe and Lessing in the German language. German language. Four volumes. This collection includes: Two volumes of works by Friedrich Schiler a German physician playwright poet and philosopher. The works include: Wallenstein Don Carlos The Maid of Orleans Mary Stuart and The Robbers. One volume of works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe a German playwright poet novelist statesman director and critic. The works include: Torquato Tasso Götz von Berlichingen and Hermann and Dorothea. One volume of works by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing a German philosopher dramatist and art critic remembered as a representative of the Enlightenment Era. The works include: Nathan the Wise and Minna of Barnhelm. Bound in half calf with red boards. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Wear to the edges. Fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd pencil annotation. Very Good Berlag vin Philipp hardcover
18367052611Verlag der J G Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1836. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound in brown cloth a little scuffed. German Gothic script. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN: Verlag der J G Cotta'schen Buchhandlung hardcover
1881349510Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta 1881. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Constance Eastwood. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 volumes in 1 : illustrations 2 folded facsimiles ; 24 cm. Subjects; Authors German 18th century Correspondence. Authors German 19th century Correspondence. Goethe Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Correspondence. Schiller Friedrich 1759-1805 Correspondence. Stuttgart : J.G. Cotta hardcover
1829021244Stuttgart Deutschland: Cotta'schen Buchhandlung Stuttgart. A beautifully clean tight half-leather copy w/ four raised bands and gilt lettering/pattern in very good condition; corners lightly bumped and frayed former owner's antique fountain-pen signature on front end paper. No DJ as issued. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1829. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung Stuttgart hardcover
18252506DB1825. Paris Normant 1825. 12°. 119 1 S. Orig.-Broschur. Mit handschr. Widmung auf dem Halbtitelblatt. Unbeschnitten. Broschur angestaubt und fleckig. unknown
188037756München o.J.ca.1880. Rücken fehlt ansonsten guter Zustand. N.a.Vors. Theodor Ströfer 4°. Ln. goldgepr. Deutsche Literatur unknown
183217524AB1832. Wien Wimmer 1832. 195 : 125 cm. 11 Seiten. Im Paralletext mit dem travestierten Original gedruckt. - Dieses scharzhafte Gedith findet sich abgedruckt in der Wiener allgemeinen Theaterzeitung vom 3. März 1821. - Gering fleckig. unknown
1859150822Frankfurt: Heinrich Keller 1859. den 10 November 1859. 20 panelled folding panorama with lithographs showing all participants of the pageant with legends; obl. f'cap. 8vo; printed blue papered boards with small illustration on upper board the boards lightly foxed; some foxing throughout; Heinrich Keller Frankfurt 1859. The parade for the centennial birthday celebration of Friedrich von Schiller in Frankfurt A.M. Heinrich Keller unknown
1890H14431Leipzig: Philipp Reclam 1890. Hardcover. Good. 12 volumes numbered 12mo 5.75 x 4inches leather backed boards good with rubbing and scuffing to bindings contents good but quite tanned and sometimes brittle. Reprints many German classics in history literature drama poetry etc. with multiple works in each volume many times by a number of authors. Handsome little set. All in German. Philipp Reclam hardcover
180349826Tübingen Cotta'schen Buchandlung 1803. Large measuring 225x14 cm and uncut ! with the orig. blank blue wrapper. No backstrip. Closed tears to fronwrapper. A small nick to paper on foot of title-page. A bit of browning to the first few leaves. Internally clean printed on good paper. XIV 162 pp. 1 leaf with "Druckfehler". <br/><br/><em>First edition first issue. On p. XIV line 23 "ebendig" instead of "lebendig" on p. 162 only 2 corrections "Zu verbessern". </em> unknown
187626459B1876. Leipzig: Schulze. 1876. 12°. 147 x 10 cm. 439 S. Leinen mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und Verlagsangabe beide Deckel mit goldgeprägten Deckelvignetten und Rahmung Kopfgoldschnitt. Lesebändchen. Ecken Kapitale und Gelenke etwas beschabt. Rücken etwas berieben. Das Lesebändchen etwas verkürzt. Kleines Buchbinderschildchen auf Vorsatz kleiner Namenseintrag von alter Hand auf dem Vortitel teils minimal stockfleckig fester Buchblock. Insgesamt guter Zustand. = Elzevier-Ausgabe. Enthält Gedichte der 1. 2. und 3. Periode. - Hübsche Zierleisten und Schlußstücke. unknown
187637261Leipzig: Otto Schulze 1876. First edition. Hardcover. g. Duodecimo. 439 1pp. Original three quarter vellum over marbled boards. Publishers logo on title page. decorative headpieces. Schiller's poetry from the so-called three periods. Text in German. Binding rubbed with abrasions at top of spine most like from removal of sticker. Pages uncut at foredge and bottom. Few pencil underlinings. Binding and interior in overall good condition. Otto Schulze hardcover
