E.T.A. Hoffmann was Germany's greatest author of fantastic and supernaturalist fiction, a composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. He was himself the subject of Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffmann", and his work inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" (1892) and Delibes' ballet "Coppelia" (1870). Hoffmann's fiction, exploring the darker side of the human spirit, influenced Poe, Dickens, Baudelaire and Kafka. His highly readable, entertaining and eerie stories are thick with references to ghosts, madness and hypnotic influence. Supernatural and sinister characters appear in the lives of his heroes and heroines, exposing the tragic and grotesque. "The Sand-Man and Other Night Pieces" is the definitive collection of Hoffmann's stories of the supernatural, including classic translations by J.T. Bealby, A. Ewing and Thomas Carlyle, and adding important, more recent translations by Everett Bleiler and Helen Grant. It is edited and introduced by Jim Rockhill.
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Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book has very light edgewear and light smudge at bottom of textblock. Otherwise, sharp copy with clean, unmarked pages and solid binding. Dust jacket also has light edgewear and light crease to inside front flap corner. Otherwise, sharp, clean, and protected in archival covering. Seller Inventory # 1045151
Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.
Leyburn: Tartarus Press:, 2008. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 530 pp. "Hoffmann's fiction, exploring the darker side of the human spirit, influenced Poe, Dickens, Baudelaire and Kafka. His highly readable, entertaining and eerie stories are thick with references to ghosts, madness and hypnotic influence. Supernatural and sinister characters appear in the lives of his heroes and heroines, exposing the tragic and grotesque. he Sand-Man and Other Night Pieces is the definitive collection of Hoffmann's stories of the supernatural, including classic translations by J.T. Bealby, A. Ewing and Thomas Carlyle, and adding important, more recent translations by Everett Bleiler and Helen Grant. It is edited and introduced by Jim Rockhill." This edition limited to 500 beautiful copies. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 41201
Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Springs, FL, U.S.A.
1st edition. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. The definitive collection of Hoffmann's stories of the supernatural, including classic translations by J.T. Bealby, A. Ewing and Thomas Carlyle, and adding important, more recent translations by Everett Bleiler and Helen Grant. Edited and with an introduction by Jim Rockhill. 500 copies printed. Jacket spine lightly faded, a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 44566