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1960ref. 1004520Aarau Switzerland: Verlag Aargauer Tagblatt 1960. Limited edition of this fine press fairy tale number 368 of 500 copies illustrated by Swiss artist Felix Hoffmann 1911-1975. The story of the enduring love of an unlucky toy soldier for his paper ballerina Hans Christian Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" has been a rich source of inspiration for graphic and performing artists since its first publication in 1838. Hoffmann's woodcuts with their bold geometric forms and dramatic use of layered color represent a modern expressionistic interpretation. Text in German. A very good copy of a striking artist's book. Quarto measuring 10.25 x 8 inches: 24 printed on double leaves. Original grey and white pictorial paper boards blue pastedown paper spine label. Text printed in red and black eight color woodcuts throughout text. Hand-numbered "368" at colophon. Trace of binder's glue to front hinge head of lower joint starting. Lacking publisher's slipcase. Verlag Aargauer Tagblatt unknown books
1969ref. 162200N.p.: Joseph Green Pictures 1969. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1969 German/Spanish film also released in the US under the title "Two Undercover Angels." Both photographs with provenance stamps on the versos. Janine Reynaud and Rosanna Yanni two sleuths who go by the collective name "Red Lips" are investigating the disappearance of several models and dancers with pop artist Klaus Thriller and his hirsute henchman Morpho being the prime suspects. Shot on location in Spain and Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with faint creasing at the extremitites. Joseph Green Pictures unknown books
1985ref. 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
1892ref. 1726491892. HOFFMANN Hermann. Systematische Farbenlehre Teil 1 und 2. Volume 1 with 115 pp. text and volume 2 with 41 plates. Folios ca. 265 x 185 mm. cloth binding plates loose as issued in cloth portfolio. Zwickau: Förster & Borries 1892. An interesting and scarce work by the German printer Hermann Hoffmann whose work was primarily concerned colour as it could be used by printing ink manufacturers. Tafel 1-2. 30 theiliges technisches Farben-System Plates 1-2. 30-part technical Color System Tafel 3-12. Farben-Akkord Triade Plates 3-12. Color Chord Triad Tafel 13-14. Schein-Farben Plates 13-14. Illusion Colors Tafel 15-16. Harmonie der Farben Plates 15-16. Harmony of Colors Tafel 17-21. Helligkeits-Kontraste Plates 17-21. Brightness Contrasts Tafel 22-30. Chromotypographischer Andruck Plates 22-30. Chromo Typographic Proof Tafel 31-39. Color printing commercial samples Tafel 40. Die gebräuchlichsten Tonfarben Plate 40. The most common clay colors Tafel 41. Schwarzdruck auf farbigem Grunde und umgekehrt Plate 41. Black print on a colored background and vice versa Neat ex-library copy with labels inoffensive library stamps throughout generally in the margins. hardcover books
1960ref. 162888N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless satin-finish photograph of German-born American artist Hans Hoffmann in his studio circa 1960s. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Vytas Valaitis on the verso along with a library stamp and the label of PIX agency. Hoffmann was best known as an Abstract Expressionist painter in the early and mid-twentieth century and as an influential art teacher for a number of postwar avant-garde artists including Helen Frankenthaler Nell Blaine Lee Krasner Joan Mitchell and many others. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.75 x 8.25 inchess. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 163077N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of Ringo Starr getting his signature "Beatle" haircut at the Horne Brothers barbershop in Liverpool on March 25 1963. Stamp of photographer Dezo Hoffmann on the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches archivally matted in an 8-ply white mat measuring 14 x 18 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1963ref. 163078N.p.: N.p. 1963. Vintage borderless photograph of George Harrison getting his signature "Beatle" haircut trimmed at the Horne Brothers barbershop in Liverpool on March 25 1963. Stamp of photographer Dezo Hoffmann and annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches archivally matted in an 8-ply white mat measuring 14 x 18 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 163138N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless satin-finish photograph of German-born American artist Hans Hoffmann circa 1960s. Mimeo snipe and stamp of photographer Vytas Valaitis on the verso along with a library stamp and the label of PIX agency. Hoffmann was best known as an Abstract Expressionist painter in the early and mid-twentieth century and as an influential art teacher for a number of postwar avant-garde artists including Helen Frankenthaler Nell Blaine Lee Krasner Joan Mitchell and many others. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Approximately 9.25 x 8 inches trimmed irregularly. Very Good plus with a diagonal crease at the top left corner. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 157338N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. A small spa town gains notoriety after the local theatre announces they will be producing a salacious play based on the Biblical tale of the abduction of the Sabine women. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. About Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1960ref. 150300N.p.: N.p. 1960. Vintage borderless satin-finish black and white photograph of German-born American artist Hans Hoffmann circa 1960s. With the stamp of photographer Vytas Valaitis on the verso along with a Newsweek stamp and the label of PIX agency. From the archive of the PIX Agency a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Hoffmann was best known as an Abstract Expressionist painter in the early and mid-twentieth century and as an influential art teacher for a number of post-war avant-garde artists including Helen Frankenthaler Nell Blaine Lee Krasner Joan Mitchell and many others. 8 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1984ref. 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
1961ref. 71596New York: Macmillan Co 1961. First American edition 8vo pp. 11 14-199 1; frontispiece and 15 illustrations on rectos and versos of 7 plates; a very good sound and clean copy in the dust jacket. Walter 1.16. Macmillan Co unknown books
2016ref. 71778Dresden: TUDpress 2016. 8vo pp. 200; many illustrations throughout mostly portraits; fine in originmal pictorial wrappers. Published as volume 85 in the publisher's Studientexte zur Sprachkommunikation series. The history of experimental phonetics and speech technology from the end of the 19th century to the introduction of computers in speech processing documenting developments at Berlin Hamburg and Dresden. LC appears to be the only tangible copy located by OCLC in the U.S. TUDpress unknown books
2016ref. 71777Dresden: TUDpress 2016. Folio 200 leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; many illustrations throughout mostly portraits; near fine in original clear mylar wrappers. The typescript was later published as volume 85 in the publisher's Studientexte zur Sprachkommunikation series. The history of experimental phonetics and speech technology from the end of the 19th century to the introduction of computers in speech processing documenting developments at Berlin Hamburg and Dresden. No copies of this version in OCLC. TUDpress unknown books
2021ref. 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
1996ref. 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
1936ref. 16480n.p.: n.p. 1936. Near fine. Early 20th century printing of this variation on the 'Struwwelpeter' theme targeted to lazy girls who need improving. A Struwwelpeter for girls who refuse to pull up their stockings and stop yawning in public. In verse loosely built on the model of Heinrich Hoffmann's great and terrible classic for wicked German children this didactic picture book tortures its chronically sleepy heroine with kobolds at night beatings by day and dire threats from Knecht Ruprecht at all hours but leaves her alive to pray for God's mercy in the end. A beautiful copy barely touched. 8.5'' x 6.5''. Later edition "Völlig ungekürzte Volksausgabe". Original pictorial cardstock wrappers. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Ownership inscription to front wrapper verso: "Vienna Summer 1936". Slight edgewear touch of bowing to fore-edge. Pages lightly and uniformly toned. n.p. unknown books
1898ref. 31334München Munich: Braun & Schneider 1898. Near fine. Delightful and bizarre anthology of stories presented in broadsides in a comic-like format including a cameo by STRUWWELPETER. The MÜNCHENER BILDERBOGEN were "important documents in the development of comic strips and cartooning" Hansen and over their 50 year run influenced Europe's visual culture with their humor and caricature. Contributors to the series included Lothar Meggendorfer Wilhelm Busch and Adolf Oberlander. This issue number 50 features broadsides 1177-1200 including a delightful glimpse of the year 1900 featuring futuristic trains motorcars and a sky full of balloons by Arpad Schmidhamer who would go on to illustrate the iconic "Totentanz der Politik" comic. 13.25'' x 8.75''. Original hand-colored pictorial boards. Illustrated with hand-colored panels. 96 pages printed one side only. Binding with mild edgewear and a bit of soil. Interior clean and bright. Braun & Schneider unknown books
1991ref. 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
1904ref. 62170London: Chatto & Windus 1904. Small 8vo pp. 127 1 32; text illustrations some full-page; brown cloth printed in black; boards cocked and lightly soiled text clean very good. According to the preface "the first attempt to present a drawing-room conjuring entertainment in the guise of a connected story. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1876ref. 31579New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1876. Very good plus. First edition of this STRUWWELPETER-esque story of a very naughty boy and the consequences of his actions. Part of McLoughlin's "Father's Series" "instructive little stories" each with "particularly apt and pleasing" color illustrations Publisher's Trade List. OCLC locates only 5 copies. 6'' x 5''. Original color pictorial wrapper saddle-stitched. Eight color illustrations. 8 pages. Small early owner's name to inner front and rear wrapper "Willie King." Light soil to wrappers with a couple expert tiny spine repairs. Occasional mild soil and light pencil marks to leaves. Colors bright. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
1860ref. 35786New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1860. Fine. First edition of this McLoughlin Brothers STRUWWELPETER-esque title describing children of different temperaments. 4.5'' x 3.5''. Original pictorial wrappers saddle-stitched. Illustrated with four full-page two-color illustrations. 10 pages. A sharp copy. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
1924ref. 26458Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1924. First edition. Very good plus. Scarce early 20th century American Struwwelpeter with bright and jaunty Walter Hayn illustrations. Uncommon 1920s American Struwwelpeter with English verses modeled after Hoffmann's righteous moral vignettes of merciless Justice visited upon careless and vicious children and additional embellishments on the theme of cruelty to animals. Contains the following verse titles: Jimmy Sliderlegs Slovenly Peter Cruel Frederick The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb The Story of Fidgety Philip The Story of Flying Robert Little Jacob Frank the Liar Tom the Thief Paul the Tormentor Simple Hans Idle Fritz Heedless Hugo Ned the Toy-Breaker and Prying Will. An appealing edition of these cautionary tales. 5.5'' x 4.25''. Original quarter red cloth with pictorial boards. Color paste-on mounted to front board. 127 1 pages. Color frontispiece and bright color illustrations facing each page of text "from the Original Designs by Walter Hayn." Light sunning and soil to boards and spine. Scattered light foxing and soil to pages; hinge just starting between pages 126 and 127. Henry Altemus Company unknown books
1860ref. 31595Lowell: J. Merrill 1860. Very good plus. Uncommon American moral story for children loosely modeled on Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER. The tale of Peter who cared more for apples nuts and cakes than he did for his lessons and how he was taught to know better through judicious application of humiliation taunting and public disgrace. As with many American stories in this moralizing mode Peter escapes the most gruesome final torments suffered by the classic Hoffmann bad examples and learns his lesson: "For when a fault is repented of and mended it ought not to be spoken of any more; and whoever teazes another about it after that is doing wrong themselves". Number 7 in the Cousin Grace's Pretty Story Book series. Rare; OCLC locates no holdings. 6'' x 4''. Original yellow wrappers. 11 1 pages including covers. Illustrated with engravings on every page. Contemporary inscription in pencil along edge of first page. Soil to covers; lighter soil and foxing throughout. Minor edgewear. J. Merrill unknown books
2005ref. 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
