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1996ref. ABB007Der Struwwelpeter. Ein Bilderbuch macht Karriere by Johannes Baumgartner. 2 volumes. Freiburg: privately printed for the author 1996-1998 Tall 8vo. 88 103 pp.; blue and red cloth bindings with printed pictorial cover labels. Highly important one of its kind and profusely illustrated survey of 300 different variations translations re-illustrations anthologies and parodies of these famous cautionary rhymes for children including controversial political adaptations. The international scope and notes make these volumes essential as a research tool despite the limited German language text. Finally there has been published a descriptive catalogue of what is probably the best collection in private ownership of Heinrich Hoffmann's famous picture-book: Struwwelpeter or Slovenly Peter as he is known from English translations. Originally published in 1844 this book of moralizing verse tales with fantastic pictures has never been out of print and it has generated countless reprints piracies parodies and imitations. There cannot be any serious collector of historic books for children who does not know the stories of Pauline and the Matches Little Suck-a-Thumb Cruel Frederick Augustus who wouldn't eat his soup Johnny Look-in-the-Air and all the rest. This two-volume descriptive catalogue of a private library is profusely illustrated with many colored reproductions after the printed originals. While only with German text they are great books just to look through to see all of the different illustration styles employed during these past 150 years as well as the many different languages these tales have been translated into forming this important and influential body of work. Privately Printed hardcover books
2008ref. 1379269Washington: Smithsonian Institution Libraries 2008. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 768 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in black cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w drawings and photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column I ND-I. 1379269. FP New Rockville Stock. Smithsonian Institution Libraries hardcover books
1996ref. 466443Cincinnati Ohio: Writer's Digest Books / F&W Publications Atlas Publishing Company 1996. Softcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1921 edition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary. 16mo. Measuring 4" x 6 1/2". Fine in stapled wrappers. Writer's Digest Books / F&W Publications (Atlas Publishing Company unknown books
1975ref. 004383New York: Atheneum 1975 Pictorial boards very slightly bowed; matching dust jacket. The familiar fairy tale with pleasing color artwork on every page. First American Edition. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Felix Hoffmann. Oblong 4to. Atheneum hardcover books
1957ref. 100178Berlin:: Walter De Gruyter & Co. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957-1962. Hardcover. Complete in twelve volumes. Text is in German. First editions thus. Previous owner's book-plate on the front paste-down of each volume else all volumes are near fine in very good or better dust jackets. Each volume is housed in a very good age toning cardboard slipcase. . Walter De Gruyter & Co., hardcover books
ref. B11118-6Houston Rice University Institute for the Arts 1970. xxiii 1 502pp. 230 illus. many color. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the Rice University Institute for the Arts Houston Oct. 1970-Jan. 1971 and two additional venues. Houston (Rice University, Institute for the Arts), 1970. paperback books
ref. B11118-7Houston Rice University Institute for the Arts 1970. xxiii 1 502pp. 230 illus. many color. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the Rice University Institute for the Arts Houston Oct. 1970-Jan. 1971 and two additional venues. Houston (Rice University, Institute for the Arts), 1970. paperback books
ref. B80635-2Leinfelden-Echterdingen Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum 1979. 212pp. Prof. illus. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum 1979. Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum), 1979. paperback books
ref. B39221-2Stuttgart/Zürich Belser Verlag 1981. 388pp. 214 plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Stuttgart/Zürich (Belser Verlag), 1981. hardcover books
ref. B198856-1Paderborn 1981. 54 2pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Paderborn, 1981. paperback books
ref. 35529Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st ed. London Faber & Faber 1947 Hardcover binding cloth very slightly wrinkled else very good condition no jacket. . Other hardcover books
ref. 35377Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition NY Potter 1971. Fine copy in dust jacket. . Other hardcover books
1688ref. LD6060Nurnberg: Hoffmann c. 1688. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern black morocco gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label gilt detail stamped direct on spine; 4to; pp. 3-52 plus 46 plates 11 of which are folding and heavily restored; 1 of which is laid-in. First title-page printed in red and black and with 3 additional lavishly engraved half-title pages. Binding is very fine indeed but condition of text block varies -- many folding plates restored full-page plates sometimes a bit browned sometimes a bit fragile and tissuey and sometimes remarkably nice and bright. A nice copy overall offering images of ornate columns window frames cornices ceilings and more. Sold as is. Hoffmann hardcover books
1997ref. 99500Toronto:: University of Toronto Press. Very Good. 1997. Paperback. 0802078532 . First paperback edition. Some light soiling on top edge previous owner's name on front endpage else very good in illustrated wraps. . University of Toronto Press, paperback books
1984ref. 98295London:: Bodley Head. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0370308409 . Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. First British edition. SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears dust jacket with no price on the front flap. ; Signed by Illustrator . Bodley Head, hardcover books
1934ref. 21100New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good. c.1934. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . no dust jacket good sound copy very slight bumping to bottom corners slight fading/mottling to spine cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "Not designed as reading / matter Earl so much / as to get a token of / friendship and thanks / for hospitality into the / new house. / Dick Hoffmann / IV - 34." The author "has discovered a bounty of humor drama and romance along the highways of America and he has packed it solidly into a novel. It is the story of a seven-passenger share-expense tour from New York to Los Angeles." Quoted from the jacket blurb on a reprint edition; NO jacket is present on this copy of the book. Quite scarce; OCLC records only four copies in American libraries. Signed by Author . Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1732ref. D7280Halle 1732-38. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary vellum over boards; 12 parts in 6 volumes 4to 166 x 206 mm. Frontispiece portrait in Volume 1. Bookplate of Herbert McLean Evans. Spines chipped and torn; boards lightly rubbed and dust-soiled; text blocks age-toned but otherwise clean. A nice set worthy of repair. A collection of early editions of Friedrich Hoffmann possibly the most important of the latrochemists. Friedrich Hoffmann was one of the most distinguished physicians and chemists of his time court physician to the King of Prussia and primatus professor of medicine at the University of Halle. He was the first to perceive pathology as an aspect of physiology. hardcover books
1963ref. 94688NY:: Harcourt Brace & World. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. Very good in illustrated paper covered boards with gray cloth along the spine. No dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace & World, hardcover books
1984ref. 2047New York: Dover 1984. Paperback. Very Good. 1st paperback ed. Wraps. 160 illus. Dover paperback books
1946ref. 83414NY:: A. A. Wyn. Very Good. 1946. Hardcover. Edited by Christopher Lazare. Translated from the German. First edition thus. Very good in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. Housed in the original clear plastic slipcase. . A. A. Wyn, hardcover books
1987ref. 92218NY:: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0394553845 . Translated from the German by Andrea Clark Maddon. Stated first edition. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1950ref. 85128Bern:: Alfred Scherz Verlag. Near Fine. 1950s. Hardcover. Text is in German. Part of the Duo Bucher series. Miniature book: measures roughly 3" x 4". With five black and white plates by Pierre Gauchat. First edition thus. Age toning along the spine else near fine in a near fine slipcase.; 80 pages . Alfred Scherz Verlag, hardcover books
2003ref. 81278Madrid:: Del Prado Publishers. Fine. 2003. Hardcover. 8483729741 . Part of The Miniature Classics Library series. Unabridged. Translated from the German. First edition thus miniature - measures roughly 2" x 2.5". Fine in a red leather binding. . Del Prado Publishers, hardcover books
2000ref. 33143n.p.: Feder & Schwert / Sword & Sorcery Studios. Fine. 2000. Hardcover. 1588461238 . Illustrated. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Feder & Schwert / Sword & Sorcery Studios hardcover books
1973ref. 61860NY:: Atheneum. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good in a good two long tape repaired edge tears on rear panel shorter closed edge tear and attendant creasing on front panel age toning dust jacket. . Atheneum, hardcover books
