Herrmann Angela Binder (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. An adorable.and tiny.edition of this famed German poem. Text in German. August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German poet associated with the Young Germany movement. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, I don't want any doll, Dolls do nothing for me. What can make me happy and delighted is a gingerbread man. Just a man with a body and clothes completely made of candy. More stately than a doll is this honey guy. A whole bunch of dolls Cannot please me so. But I look right at you, And I pity you, dear man. Because you are doomed to die - I'm still so good to you, Whether you've lost a leg. Or if the other one hurts you, Poor gingerbread man, It doesn't help you, you cannot escape! Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown leather shape binding in the form of a gingerbread man, painted decorative elements, marbled endpages. Approx .5x.25". np.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A simple and elegant binding reveals a photographic bibliography of Herrmann's work.and a working fan. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full red leather binding, black string loop at spine, fan structure. Narrow 32mo. np. Numbered limited edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A whimisical collection of *many* flamingos from the ever creative mind of Angela Herrmann, design, content, and binding. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full blue leather binding, inlaid pink flamingo at front and inlaid "F" at spine, printed decorative endpages. 32mo. np. Illus. (color).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Rat Krespel" is an 1818 short story (Künstlernovelle) written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann. Rat Krespel (Councilor Krespel) is a brilliant, eccentric jurist, diplomat, and master violin maker who behaves in bizarre, erratic ways. His daughter, Antonia, is musically gifted and possesses a heavenly singing voice.though singing threatens her life due to a hidden chest ailment. The story explores the tragic gap between ideal art and mortal reality, culminating in Antonia's death after she sings one final time. Text in German. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full shaped black leather binding in the form of a coffin, ribbon tie, printed partial sleeve. 64mo. np. Illus. (color). Numbered limited edition, this being copy 12.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Text in German. Presented as a box of two decks of playing cards, Vol. 1 shows a red Ace of Hearts at the front and a red 5 of hearts at the rear board. Vol. 2, in black, has the Ace of Spades at the front and a 3 of spades at the rear. A very clever design, beautifully executed by Herrmann. Laid in colophon in the form of an envelop. Tight, bright, and unmarred. White leather binding(s), one with red ink decorative elements and one in black, playing card back endpages; housed in a printed matching slipcase. 64mo. 225; 210pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 12.…