Hoffmann

1890 · réf. 010515 — New York : Charles Scribner's Sons 1890. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann 1776-1822 better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. A New Translation from the German with a Biographical Memoir by J.T. Bealby with Eleven Etchings by Wd. Lafauze. Second American Edition. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and rules to the spine. Two volume set is Very Good Plus top edge gilt. Volume I has small bumps fore edge of spine; prior owner business card attached at front paste down. Volume II has scrape to gilt top edge; prior owner business card to front paste down ; and a contemporary prior owner name address date in ink to front end paper. A few corners turned in each volume. Uncommon in such lovely condition. Contents include the Sand-Man The Cremona Violin The Golden Flower Pot and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Source forJacques Offenbach's opera "The Tales of Hoffmann" which premiered in 1881. . Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books