E T a Hoffmann Text (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Tall quarto. Color illustrations. Fine in fine DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slipcase in good condition. Minor loosening to bindings. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. This book is part of a multi-volume set. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcovers in slipcase. Near Fine condition books / Very Good condition slipcase. Minor shelf-wear to slipcase. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. 26 cm x 27 cm; Quer XIII, 99 S. : überw. Ill. ; Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Zustand: Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.

Maurice Sendak (illustrator). C. Bertelsmann, München, 1985. 102 S. mit Bildern von Maurice Sendak, Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag, quart-quer, (Strich auf unterem Schnitt)---- sonst gutes Exemplar - 896 Gramm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Numerous illustrations in the text and 10 plates by Gavarni. (illustrator). French edition. Large 8vo. Original, black ripple-grain cloth, heavily blocked in gilt to the spine, upper and lower covers, with borders to both covers blocked in blind. All edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Generally, a nice copy of a handsome edition rare in the original cloth boards and of especial note for the illustrations. The contents, newly translated by P Christian (and preceded by a 13-page memoir of Hoffmann's life) comprise: (1) 'The Song of Antonia', 'Salvator Rosa', (3) The Adventures of Young Traugott', (4) 'Annunziata', (5) 'The Cooper of Nuremburg', (6) 'Olivier Brusson', (7) 'Pharaoh's Bank', (8) 'The Chain of Destinies', (9) ' Coppelius', (10) 'King Trabacchio', (11) ' Berthold the Mad', (12) 'The Mystery of the Desert House', (13) 'The Walled Door', (14) 'The Agate Heart, (15) 'Fascination', (16) 'The Lost Reflection', (17) 'Heroic Story of Minister Klein-Zacu' Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (1804-66), who worked under the pseudonym 'Gavarni', was originally a contributor to la Mode, specialising in fashion drawings. 'His lithographs give an insight into the manners and morals of his time ' Using every technique in a brilliant way, he described the social life of the upper classes, of the stage and in particular the habits of the Parisian of the 1840s and 1850s Man, Artists Lithographs p. 43. Paper browned and foxed, with fore edge ink-stained (but scarcely noticeable, by reason of the gilding unless the pages are fanned), staining intruding slightly onto the inner foredge margins at the front and rear. Leading corner to the upper board slightly damaged with some loss. Endpapers marked. Wear to the gilding of the top edge. Book.

Condition: new.