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1984Best.-Nr. 2354421New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1984. First Thus. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10x0x10. Sendak Maurice. First thus. Jacket edges rubbed with 1 inch closed tear to top corner. 1984 Large Hardcover. xiv 102 pp. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The tale of Nutcracker written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816 has fascinated and inspired artists composers and audiences for almost two hundred years. It has retained its freshness because it appeals to the sense of wonder we all share. Maurice Sendak designed brilliant sets and costumes for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Christmas production of Nutcracker and created even more magnificent pictures especially for this book. He joined with the eminent translator Ralph Manheim to produce this illustrated edition of Hoffmann's wonderful tale destined to become a classic for all ages. The world of Nutcracker is a world of pleasures. Maurice Sendak's art illuminates the delights of Hoffmann's story in this rich and tantalizing treasure. Crown Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. 9032842Cambridge MA: MIT 1977. First. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Translated by Richard Barry. Bound in publisher's original red cloth and stamped in silver on the spine. Minor shelf wear to head of spine and extremities of dust jacket. A tight bright and clean copy. 6 x 9 inches. 847 pages; with Author's Forward. MIT hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 81940New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; dark grey cloth blocked and titled in hunter green and gilt on spine; pictorial endpapers; dark grey topstain; dustjacket; xii23-3986pp; illus. Spine ends gently nudged mild sunning to spine with thin cracks to hinges some dust-soil and foxing to text edges and a tiny bookseller's ticket to lower front pastedown; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is price-clipped showing modest wear several tiny nicks and tears faint stain to base of spine and upper front flap fold and some dust-soil to rear panel; Very Good. FITZGERALD D1. 81940. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 021589New York: Limited Editions Club 1943. Hardcover. Mild soiling to covers. Near Fine lacking the slipcase. Hugo Steiner-Prag. Large octavo 6-3/8" x 10" bound in full black natural linen decorated with a design in gold by the illustrator and a leather spine label. Translated by various hands; introductory essay by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated with 43 original lithographs drawn on the stone by Hugo Steiner-Prag pulled by George C. Miller at the Printing House of William Edward Rudge. Copy #917 of 1500 SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist who also designed the book and wrote a prologue. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. 68670Chapel Hill NC: UNC Press 1958. First edition. 8vo. 10 1354 pp. Original printed gray wrappers. Very good. UNC Press unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 9029506New York: Prometheus 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original black boards with spine stamped in gilt. 6 x 9 inches. 181 pages. Prometheus hardcover books
2005Best.-Nr. 34054Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich / Stiftung Neue Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum 2005. First Edition. 12mo 15.5cm.; publisher's stiff red pictorial card wrappers 120pp.; illus. Minor wear gift inscription possibly by one of the authors in English and German on title page else Near Fine. Forms part of the series Jüdischen Miniaturen. Hentrich & Hentrich / Stiftung Neue Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum unknown books
1943Best.-Nr. 007163New York: Heritage Press 1943. Decorated cloth. Fine in slipcase. Hugo Steiner-Prag. Heritage Press hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 3725Hoffmann Herbert. FARBIGE RAUMKUNST. VIERTE FOLGE. 100 ENTWURFE MODERNER KUNSTLER. Die Bauformen-Bibliothek. Band XXII. Stuttgart Julius Hoffmann 1927. 1st edition. Cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine t.e.g. Occassional light foxing and the inside hinges are fragile still very good copy. Ex libris with stamps. hardcover books
1984Best.-Nr. 214208New York: Crown 1984. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 102 pages. Number 90 from an edition of only 250 copies. A wonderful rendition of this classic Christmas story. Features a translation by Ralph Manheim. The illustrations are based on Sendak's sets and costumes that he designed for a Nutcracker production for the Pacific Northwest Ballet. A clean near fine copy in blue cloth boards with some very slight sunning to the spine and in a near fine slipcase with the same sunning to the opening. Signed by Sendak on the limitation page. Includes the original hand-drawn lithograph "Faithful Nutcracker" printed on chine applique paper which is adhered to a hand torn sheet Lana mould made paper. The lithograph is in fine condition and is signed and numbered by Sendak as well. Crown unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. UHOFOLD00acmfW. H. Freeman and Co 1997. Very Good. Hoffmann Roald. Old Wine New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition. Schmidt Shira Leibowitz. NY: W. H. Freeman and Co 1997. 362pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle bumping. W. H. Freeman and Co hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. UHOFSTR00drpDover 1995. Very Good. Hoffmann Heinrich. Struwwelpeter. NY: Dover 1995. 31pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. Dover paperback books
1981Best.-Nr. RHOFPEN00lhWendell H. Hoffmann 1981. Very Good. Hoffmann Wendell H. Pendulum and Projection. United States: Wendell H. Hoffmann 1981. 1st edition. 74pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Glossary. 8vo. Comb bound paperback. Book condition: Very good. Lightly bumped and rubbed. Wendell H. Hoffmann paperback books
Best.-Nr. UHOFSTR00fpDover Publications 1959. Very Good. Hoffmann Banesh. Strange Story of the Quantum. New York: Dover Publications 1959. 285pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Former owner's name on title page. Dover Publications paperback books
2021Best.-Nr. 208396New York: Petzel Gallery 2021. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 283 pages. Features texts by Emma Enderby Ian Volner Maja Hoffmann and a conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Pardo. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions and a bibliography. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Petzel Gallery unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 1390768New York: World Security Network Foundation 2004. Limited First Edition 1/2000 Copies. Hardcover. Quarto 204 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with silver lettering and a decorative monocle to front board. Mild bumping to corners of boards. Minor scuffing to cloth. Inscribed by contributor Edward L. Rowny on second free endpaper: "Dear Bill / Please accept this book as a token of my appreciation for our friendship. Fritz shared your values and was also one of your great admirers. / Best wishes to my favorite non-stovepiper! / Warm regards Ed Rowny." With a pocket to rear pastedown containing papers and prints from the publisher. Fritz Kraemer worked as the Senior Legal Advisor to the League of Nations in the 1930s. After serving in World War II he acted as Senior Civilian Advisor to the US Army Chief of Staff in the Pentagon until 1978. Kraemer is often credited with discovering Henry Kissinger and influencing the Department of Defense during the Cold War. Contributor and signer Edward L Rowny served as the US Representative to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks under Presidents Nixon Ford and Carter. He also served as an advisor on arms control for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Other contributors include Alexander M. Haig Henry A. Kissinger Madeleine Kraemer Bryant Sven Kraemer Wilhelm-Karl Prinz von Preussen and Donald Rumsfeld. 1390768. Special Collections - Downstairs. World Security Network Foundation hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 202398San Antonio TX: Artpace 1996. First edition. Exhibition brochure. Single sheet folded three times to create 8 pages. Features an essay by Hills Snyder. Includes color illustrations list of previous exhibitions and a selected bibliography. A very near fine copy. Uncommon with only 6 copies listed in OCLC. Artpace unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. WELLER9784805314432Tuttle Publishing 1986. New. New book. Tuttle Publishing unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 189763New York: Crown 1991. Sixth printing Softcover. 102 pages. A review copy with laid in publisher slip two page publicity sheet and two press photographs. A wonderful rendition of this classic Christmas story with a translation by Ralph Manheim. The illustrations are based on Sendak's sets and costumes that he designed for a Nutcracker production for the Pacific Northwest Ballet. A near fine copy in wrappers and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Crown unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. USMIWHA00fpHarper San Francisco 1993. Very Good. Smith Morton editor. What the Bible Really Says. Hoffmann R. Joseph editor. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco 1993. 256pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Harper San Francisco paperback books
1972Best.-Nr. UHOFINT00MELFischer Taschenbuch Verlag 1972. Very Good. Hoffmann Gerhard. Interpretationen 12: Amerikanische Literatur des 20. Jahruhunderts Lyrik und Drama. Frankfurt: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag 1972. 309pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag paperback books
1982Best.-Nr. UPRIJAD00FPDel Rey Books 1982. Very Good. Price E. Hoffmann. The Jade Enchantress. New York NY: Del Rey Books 1982. 295pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Rubbing to edges. Del Rey Books paperback books
2005Best.-Nr. 131744Heidelberg: Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 92 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran at Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt November 4 2005 through January 8 2006 and then traveled for additional dates. Text in English and German. A fine copy in illustrated boards and still in the original shrinkwrap. No dust jacket as issued. Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 168464Stuttgart: Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie 1985. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Text in German. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart held from December 19 1985 to March 9 1986. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers in a Near Fine dust jacket. Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 22213Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . A solid copy of the 1959 2nd edition completely revised with an international selection of 451 crisp the black-and-white photographs and 16 panels including material and construction comparisons. Text in German English and French. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp VG dustjacket with mild creasing and wear along the spine ends and very light soiling to the rear panel. Quarto the cataloguing and text by Kurt Hoffmann. Julius Hoffmann Verlag unknown books
