April 1947 (10 results)

Condition: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.

Publisher's original black buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, dulled gilt top edge. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (vi), 237 pp. Small white name plate inside 'Alpea Gibson' repeated 'Gibsons' to the front free end paper, spine sun faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This 1951 LB original is the Bounty Trilogy with Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island. This copy is in good condition with a tight, straight binding and slight wear to the top binding cover.The book measures 8" X 5.5". There is a very good dustjacket in clear, mylar covering and the book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. N. C. Wyeth (October 22, 1882 October 19, 1945) (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (vi), 202 pp. Spotting to the fore edge. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. RUSSIAN [Military].…

4°. 90 S. OKt. 7. Jahrgang, Heft 4. - Inhalt: Fotos von Kinder von Paul Senn, Theo Frey, Werner Bischof, Claire Holm. Texte von Ina Seidel, Edwin Arnet über Kinderdorf Pestalozzi, Alexander Mitscherlich u.a.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, Grey cloth Red Label on frontBK VERY GOOD COND WITH light edge Fade, DJ is VG tiny edge chips wear Appears to be a First Edition, , However NOT Stated & UNDATED 1930 ?, 322 Titles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on BACK of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon & $1.10 . above price sticker reads As of April 15, 1947, the price of The Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy, cannot find any other date. No writing, no remainder mark, not price clipped. Minor wear to edge of dust jacket (reinforced with wide clear shipping tape). Minor tanning to dust jacket and outside edge of pages. 322 Tiles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on Back of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon, Text is complete and unabridged, CLEOPATRA NIGHTS IS EXOTIC NOVELETTE, classic story (complete) of ancient Egypt, noted for its lyrical description of the era, and the question put as to whether or not you might like to spend an evening with Queen Cleopatra at her palace.on one condition.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original bronze cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, black lettering and maritime illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. A short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne which was published the year Stevenson died. Contains pp. 237 + [20pp publisher's catalogue dated August 1894]. Folded two page hand written letter from Lloyd Osbourne held inside four mounted corners to the front free end paper, probably to his literary agent. Dated February 8th 1909 'My dear Collis?, I am sending you today, under cover, two more stories. 'Bonesay', must not be published in England until August 15th, nor 'Welfare Wicks' before June 1st. 'Bonesay' fits to an exact length, 15,000 words, it is divided nicely into 3 parts, each of 5000. Why not try one of the 'Worriers Wreckers'? in the 'Queen' or '?' or 'The Sphere', might also consider it as a 3 part series. I shall send you another story in a few days. Ever sincerely yours Lloyd Osbourne', p.s. A smart sub-editor could easily alter 'Bonesay' so as to make the few and ? English, you might suggest this L. O.' Arrival and Received stamp to the top of the letter, the literary agent has ticked positive appropriate points in red across the letter. Ink name to the front free end paper, small bumps to the lower corners and in Very Good clean and smart condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. (2), 180 pages. 215 x 150 mm. The story of a despairing young poet whose entire life is a struggle between his ideals and the perfect love the fails to materialize, the tragic struggle over an idealism he holds, between romanticism and positivism, between art and life. This novel was, at the time, a great innovation in European literature and influenced Rilke, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse and S.Y. Agnon. Jens Peter Jacobsen was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen". He began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough. Jacobsen was born in, the eldest of the five children of a prosperous merchant. He went to school in Copenhagen and was a student at the University of Copenhagen in 1868. As a boy, he showed a remarkable talent for science, in particular botany. In 1870, although he was already secretly writing poetry, Jacobsen adopted botany as a profession. He was sent by a scientific body in Copenhagen to report on the flora of the islands of Anholt and Læsø. Around this time, the discoveries of Charles Darwin began to fascinate him. Realizing that the work of Darwin was not well known in Denmark, he translated The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man into Danish. When still young, Jacobsen was struck by tuberculosis which eventually ended his life. His illness prompted travels to southern Europe, cut him off from scientific investigation, and drove him to literature. He met the famous critic Georg Brandes, who was struck by his powers of expression, and under his influence, in the spring of 1873, Jacobsen began his great historical romance, Marie Grubbe. Jacobsen was an atheist. Jacobsen's canon consists of two novels, seven short stories, and one posthumous volume of poetry - small, but enough to place him as one of the most influential Danish writers. The historical novel Fru Marie Grubbe (1876, Eng. transl.: Marie Grubbe. A Lady of the Seventeenth Century 1917) is the first Danish treatment of a woman as a sexual creature. Based upon the life of a 17th-century Danish noblewoman, it charts her downfall from a member of the royal family to the wife of a ferryman, as a result of her desire for an independent and satisfying erotic life. In many ways the books anticipates the themes of D. H. Lawrence. Jacobsen's second novel Niels Lyhne (1880) traces the fate of an atheist in a merciless world: his lack of faith is "tested" by tragedies and personal crises until he dies in war, disillusioned but unrepentant. Jacobsen's short stories are collected in Mogens og andre Noveller (1882, translated as Mogen and Other Tales, 1921, and Mogens and Other Stories, 1994). Among them is Mogens (1872, his official debut), the tale of a young dreamer and his maturing during love, sorrow and new hope of love. Et Skud i Taagen (A Shot in the Fog) is a Poe-inspired tale of the sterility of hatred and revenge. Pesten i Bergamo (The Plague of Bergamo) shows people clinging to religion even when tempted to be "free men". Fru Fønss (1882) is a sad story about a widow's tragic break with her egoistic children when she wants to remarry. Mogens og andre Noveller and Niels Lyhne were both highly praised by Rainer Maria Rilke in his letters to Franz Xaver Kappus, translated as Letters to a Young Poet. The poems of Jacobsen are more influenced by late romanticism than his prose. Many of them are wistful, dreamy and melancholic but also naturalistic. Most important is the great obscure poem Arabesque to a Hand-drawing by Michel Angelo (about 1875) the idea of which seems to be that art is going to replace immortality as the meaning of life. They significantly inspired the Danish symbolist poetry of the 1890s. , , , .…

Deidesheim, Verlag "Das rote Tuch", 1947, Kl.-4°, 23 hektographierte Blätter mit montierten Illustrationen, illustrierte, klammerheftete Originalbroschur (rundum etwas beschnitten, Seiten etwas wasserrandig) *Textbeiträge fast ausschließlich in Reimform. (OBM).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Old Beauty and Others is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, published in 1948 after her death. This copy is the original 1938 hardback first edition, third printing in same year-- NOT PRINT ON DEMAND. It is in excellent condition with a tight, straight binding, and a bright, as new cover with no dustjacket. The book measuring 8.25" x 5.75" will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. A previous owner's name is on the inside cover.…