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1860rif. 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
1924rif. 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
1860rif. 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
1958rif. 68670Chapel Hill NC: UNC Press 1958. First edition. 8vo. 10 1354 pp. Original printed gray wrappers. Very good. UNC Press unknown books
1943rif. 007163New York: Heritage Press 1943. Decorated cloth. Fine in slipcase. Hugo Steiner-Prag. Heritage Press hardcover books
1997rif. 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
1995rif. 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
1981rif. 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
rif. 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
2004rif. 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
1986rif. WELLER9784805314432Tuttle Publishing 1986. New. New book. Tuttle Publishing unknown books
1993rif. 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
1972rif. 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
1982rif. 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
1959rif. 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
1933rif. 19028Stuttgart Germany: Julius Hoffmann Verlag 1933. Cloth. Very Good . A very solid well-preserved copy of the 1933 edition of "Moderne Bauformen". Clean and VG in its beige cloth with rubbing to the titling along the spine. Internally very sharp with no writing or markings to speak of. Thick tight quarto hundreds of crisp black-and-white --and a smaller number of color-- plates throughout. A very impressive collection of early '30s German architecture and design wonderfully illustrated throughout. Julius Hoffmann Verlag unknown books
1910rif. 97511910. Letters. Collectible; Very Good. 1910 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LEGENDARY AUSTRIAN ARCHITECT JOSEF HOFFMANN Vienna Secessionist and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstatte TO EDUARD JOSEF WIMMER-WISGRILL the first Artistic Director of the fashion department of the Wiener Werkstatte. Clean and bright and very well-preserved. Written on the stationary with lavish letterhead of The Hotel Hassler in Rome. In a strong clear hand in fountain pen and on a single sheet folded into quarters -- with very minor crease folds. A translation into English from the original German on another sheet of paper is includeds as well. 8" x 10 1/2". Also includes the original envelope handwritten by Josef Hoffmann. unknown books
1990rif. 616461New York: Donald I. Fine 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. xii 322pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with a few nicks along the edges. "The bizarre true account of the husband-and-wife serial killers who terrorized the California countryside. Donald I. Fine hardcover books
1892rif. 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
1895rif. 3316701895. Good. Photogravure print 19 ½" x 25". Modest overall toning with slightly darker horizontal band of toning about very good. An early original gravure print after the classic painting by Hoffmann depicting the opening scene of Jesus Christ's atonement from Matthew 26:36-44 Mark 14:32-41 and Luke 22:39-46. unknown books
1964rif. 409951Minneapolis: Bolingbroke Society 1964. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. Quarto. 143pp. Perfectbound. Edgewear else fine. Contributors include W.D. Quesenbery George Whiteside Frederick J. Hoffmann Alan Williamson David Galloway S.A. Shapiro John Hagopian and others. Bolingbroke Society) unknown books
1958rif. 360485Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 10 134pp. Printed gray wrappers. Spine and edges faded with spotting else very good. James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science Volume 40 with a complimentary slip from the publisher laid in. University of North Carolina Press unknown books
1922rif. 340896Berlin: Julius Springer 1922. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good ex-library book with minimal markings in wrappers with some soiling edgewear pages uncut. Text is in German. 258 pages. Julius Springer unknown books
1992rif. 2353927Norwalk Connecticut: The Heritage Press 1992. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Steiner-Prag Hugo. Includes publisher’s slipcase and Sandglass insert. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1992 Hard Cover. xxvi 344 pp. Translated out of the German by various translators. Lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag with a prologue. "Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann January 24 1776 - June 25 1822 better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror a jurist composer music critic draftsman and caricaturist. He is the subject and hero of Jacques Offenbach's famous but fictional opera The Tales of Hoffmann and the author of the novelette The Nutcracker and the Mouse King on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppelia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote. Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1961rif. 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
