Jókai Mor Maurus (32 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Published New York 1900. This is volume 4 of 6 in the works. Translated from Hungarian by R. Nisbet Bain. -- Hardcover, very good condition (faint stain front cover).

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Bildgröße 13x10 cm.

Bildgröße 15x11 cm.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Scarce one-volume edition of this Hungarian classic, undated but c.1940. Actually 2 vols. bound as one, as issued by the publisher. Almost 600pp in attractive half-cloth binding and in original dw which has small losses to spine. An unread copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A very scarce 1940s copy of Maurus Jokai's historical novel set in seventeenth century Transylvania, rebound in paper wraps in a wartime "Save Paper" campaign. An uncommon novel in all contemporary English language editions, Jokai's work was first published in the original Hungarian in 1852, but not translated into English until 1894.The novel depicts intricate conspiracies involving noble families amid the tumultuous political landscape of seventeenth century Transylvania.Published prior to the 1940s, this copy has had the original title page removed, and has been rebound in paper wraps by "Everybody"s Rebound", run by the publishers Everybody"s Books.To the front wrap, they explain 'This is a rebound copy of a book worth reading published by a well-known publisher. We are rebinding books such as this in order that as many books as possible may do their job twice and so help the vital "Save Paper" Campaign'. In the publisher's original paper wraps. With the title stamped to the title page head and back strip, by the publisher. Back strip lightly age toned, with light edgewear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-458 [459] [460: blank] [461: ads] [462-464: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], inserted frontispiece (portrait of Jokai), title page printed in orange and black, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and silver, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. Perhaps a later printing as there is no date printed on the title page. A translation of A FEKETE GYEMANTOK by Frances A. Gerard (a pseudonym of Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald). A scientist seeks to create a utopia. Partly set in the Arctic sea. One of Jokai's most important works of fantasy and science fiction. Jokai wrote a good deal of fantasy and science fiction that has not been translated into English. Bloch's Bibliographie der Utopie und Phantastik (2002) lists twelve titles that were translated into German in the late nineteenth century. Clute and Nicholls (editors), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 603 and 647. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Closed tear in advertising leaf at rear, a bright, otherwise near fine copy. (#129677).…

Originalbroschur. 20cm. Condition: Gut. Deutsche ERSTAUSGABE. 40 Seiten. MIt Porträt-Frontispiz des Autors. Nur der Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Sonst SEHR gutes Exemplar. - Sehr selten. - (Wir bieten zahlreiche Titel aus diesem Sachgebiet auf unserer HP an - We offer a lot of books in this field on our website ) Aufgrund der von der Europäischen Union erlassenen Handels-Erschwernisse (die neue europäische Verpackungsverordnung mit extremen Gebühren für Händler) kann in folgende Länder KEIN VERSAND erfolgen: Bulgarien, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Griechenland, Irland, Kroatien, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien, Ungarn, Zypern. Falls Sie eine Rechnungs- und Lieferadresse in DEUTSCHLAND ermöglichen, kann an diese deutsche Adresse OHNE PROBLEME geliefert werden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 50.…

* XII, 272 Seiten, 1 Blatt. 18 x 13,5 cm. Illustrierter Original-Leinenband (Rücken und Kapitale leicht berieben). (Die Bücher des Deutschen Hauses; Fünfte Reihe, Band 101). *** Erste deutsche Buchausgabe. - Der ungarische Schriftsteller und Journalist Mór Jókai von Ásva (1825-1904) gilt als wichtigster Vorläufer der ungarischen Science-Fiction. Zu den begeisterten LeserInnen seiner fesselnd geschriebenen Werke gehörte u. a. auch Kaiserin Elisabeth. - Schönes Exemplar des seltenen Titels.…

Buenos Aires, Biblioteca de La Nación nº 322-323, 1908. 17x11 cm. 348 y 380 p. Tela editorial, guardas. Buen estado. Primera edición en esta colección. (Ref. N. 211-E).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Very scarce first edition in original Hungarian of this classic novel by the undisputed master of 19th-century prose in Hungary. Published in three volumes, here bound in one with all three title pages included. Contemporary scarlet cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt and blind and gilt spine lettering; floral end-papers and light marbling to edges. Slightly grubby and with small signs of wear to cloth but a sound copy of a very rare book.…

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-ix] x-xlvi [xlvii-xlviii] [1] 2-275 [276: blank] [277-288: ads], inserted frontispiece (photogravure portrait of Jokai), title page printed in orange and black, original bevel-edged brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of nine stories plus a biography of Jokai by Bain. "Varied collection including the novella 'City of the Beast' (1856), a gaudy and highly dramatic account of the end of Atlantis . and three graphic contes cruels: 'The Justice of Soliman' (1858), 'The Sheriff of Caschau' (1858) and the bizarre tale of 'The Hostile Skulls' (1879)." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-96. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 67. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 647. Reginald 07966. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A few mild scuffs to cloth, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#171068).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very scarce first edition of this 281pp short story collection by Jokai, the greatest Hungarian prose writer of the 19th century. In an attractive contemporary craftsman's binding: sepia diagonally ribbed cloth with elaborate blind-stamping to covers, spine title label in leather and gilt decoration; all edges marbled and with marbled endpapers. Budapest binder's ticket on front paste-down. Minor soiling to cloth else a bright, sound and internally very clean copy. …

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-ix] x-xlvi [xlvii-xlviii] [1] 2-275 [276: blank] [277-288: ads], inserted frontispiece (photogravure portrait of Jokai), title page printed in orange and black, original bevel-edged blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of nine stories plus a biography of Jokai by Bain. "Varied collection including the novella 'City of the Beast' (1856), a gaudy and highly dramatic account of the end of Atlantis . and three graphic contes cruels: 'The Justice of Soliman' (1858), 'The Sheriff of Caschau' (1858) and the bizarre tale of 'The Hostile Skulls' (1879)." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-96. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 67. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 647. Reginald 07966. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A fine copy. (#170726).…

Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Good Plus. Very scarce first edition of this long novel by Jokai, published in paper wraps in six volumes, here bound in cloth and in three volumes. Burgundy diagonally ribbed contemporary cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt with blind-stamping to all covers, edges marbled. Original ownership inscriptions to title pages and sporadic foxing to the text. Nonetheless a bright and tight set and a rare opportunity to acquire a genuine first edition by the undisputed master of Hungarian fiction in the 19th century. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An very scarce English language translation of Hungarian novelist Maurus Jokai's celebrated novel. Translated from the original Hungarian into English by R. Nisbet Bain, whose translation of the work was first published in 1893. Contemporary translations of this novel, in any edition, are very scarce.The title of the work relates to the heroine, Bessy, a girl of gentle ancestry with an adventurous nature who, during the course of the novel, marries five times, with the five husbands represented every segment of society, from peasants to lords.Jokai was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest, with his later romantic novels becoming widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, with Queen Victoria herself enjoying his works.In a charming pictorial cloth binding, and with four pages of advertisements to the rear.Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1901. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with small light spots to front board. Externally, lovely. Rear hinge lightly strained to tail but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters, and otherwise clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustrator). book. …

Hard back publisher's original finely ribbed green cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo xiv, 259; 234; 239, 16 [pp] catalogue dated November 1893. Former name to front end papers, volume II with proud centre section, light rippling of cloth to base of volume one's spine, light off-setting to the end papers, spine tips and corners turned in. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUNGARY (Magyarország).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-288. original (?) three-quarter green cloth and green boards, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition in German. Translation of EGÉSZ AZ ÉSZAKI POLUSIG (All the Way to the North Pole), first published in Budapest in 1876. A fantastic adventure novel in which Pietro Galibas, the sole survivor of a scientific expedition, is found by an unknown race who dwell underground in a maze of caverns where they feed on frozen animals. The explorer discovers a cave with a lake of fire upon which he travels in an asbestos skiff. He finds and reanimates a young girl and her father, two Hebrews who have been in suspended animation for twenty thousand years (!) due the effect of the gas from the lake. An extraordinary imaginary voyage to the Earth's interior probably inspired by the work of Jules Verne. This novel has not been translated into English. Costes and Altairac, Les Terres Creuses 121. Bloch (2002) 1623. Nagl, p. 248. A very good copy. OCLC reports 2 copies. (#152271). …

gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleder. Condition: Befriedigend. 312 Seiten Zustand: akzeptabel; Seiten stockfleckig, Ecken und Kanten bestoßen, Aufkleber einer Privatbibliothek auf dem Rücken; w19677 Wenn das Buch einen Schutzumschlag hat, ist das ausdrücklich erwähnt. Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mwst. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 390. …

Halbleinenband der Zeit, 8°, stark berieben, [2] Bl., 125 S., [1] Bl., Kapitale mitFehlstellen de 200 Buch.

Condition: Gut. Format (Bildbereich): 180 x 170 mm. Blattgröße: 415 x 287 mm. *Mór Jókai von Ásva (1825-1904) war ein ungarischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Er war Mitglied der ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und wurde 1897 Mitglied des ungarischen Reichstages. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1900 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 331 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 331 Language: German.…