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1997ref. 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
1995ref. 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
1981ref. 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
ref. 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
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
2004ref. 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
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
1986ref. WELLER9784805314432Tuttle Publishing 1986. New. New book. Tuttle Publishing 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
1993ref. 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
1972ref. 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
1982ref. 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
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
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
1959ref. 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
1933ref. 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
1910ref. 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
1918ref. 2153New York: George Sully Publisher 1918. Edward P COGGER . JUVENILE POETRY HUMOR. Small 4to; 40pp; glazed pictorial front board an illustration of a boy sliding down a banister on the front brown cloth shelf back; color pictorials with text; binding tight; scuffing and chipping of edges hand-soiled boards lightly age-toned paper; very good minus. OCLC locates 4 copies. Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann 1809-1894 was a German psychiatrist best known for his children's book Struwwelpeter a humorous look at children's behavior and manners. The illustrator and engraver are not identified but may be Edward P. Cogger who was responsible for the artwork in Struwwelpeter. The humorous poems begin with "Jimmy Sliderlegs" the boy who slid down banisters and wore out his pants. Other included poems: Envious Minny; The History of the Dirty Child; Cruel Paul; Slovenly Betsy; Phoebe Ann The Proud Girl; Discontented Lucy; Idle Fritz; Simple Hans; Heedless Hugo; The Night Wanderer; Ned The Toy-Breaker; Prying Will; The Little Glutton; Tom Bogus The Sweet-Tooth; Harry Cobus and the Shang-Hais; The History of Doctor Wango Tango; and The Tragical Story of Mamy Katchem and Her Kittens. The copies listed in OCLC estimate the publication date around 1870 but we feel the date is later. The publisher posted an announcement in Publisher's Weekly in January 1918 stating "TO THE TRADE / We have decided to change Our Firm / Name on and after February 1st 1918 / From Sully and Kleinteich / To George Sully & Co.". George Sully, Publisher 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
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
1990ref. 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
