Mark Van Doren Note (8 results)

No slipcase (i.e. lacking). xx, 184 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 18.75cm. No dust jacket present (Heritage usually issued books with acetate djs which were generally discarded by most recipients). Brown cloth with a few spots of mottling; spine mildly sunned with some small slender stains at center; gilt stamping to spine and front board dulled. Brown top edge; slight foxing/toning to fore-edge and bottom edge. Slight foxing to several initial and rear leaves; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Laid-in between pages 82-83 is Heritage Club brochure "The Heritage Sandglass" (Number 2C) issued for this specific volume. With several b/w plates and tissue guards. A nice edition of Goethe's FAUST. No date specified but Library of Congress indicates 1939 (emulating the 1932 Limited Editions Club version). Certainly an early book in George Macy's Heritage Club which preceded his Heritage Press.…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover bound in off-white cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorations on front; beveled edges; pasted-in color plates; limited edition 177/1500. Fine minus condition: spine slightly darkened and very slight soiling to head of spine and back board; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition: a lot of discoloration; mild wear. Will cost extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Slipcase: Good +. Limited Edition. Slightly musty smell, else book is in nice condition; several pages are uncut. Slipcase is structurally sound, but has some soils and rub marks. Copy number 793, illustrated. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Limited edition, 1006/1500. Quarto, xvi, 112 pages. In Good plus condition in a Poor plus slipcase. Slipcase in grey and red paper; edge wear, shelf wear, missing bottom panel. Book spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, gilt decoration; slight wear to spine caps and corners, small blemish on spine. Illustrated: color plates. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. 1402452. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine-. Limited Edition. Oversize burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spines and gilt decorations to boards; gilt, red, and blue decorated endpapers; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Rene' Clarke. Book in fine minus condiiton: spine slightly faded; very slight loss of color to some corners of binding; otherwise like new. Slipcase in fair condition with splitting and some wear otherwise. Will require extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 33.5 x 22.5 cm. Folio. Cream cloth with gilt decorations, in slipcase. xxix 157pp. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is copy 684. Not signed by anyone. Illustrated with color plates based on paintings by Fritz Kredel on frames from Sir Laurence Olivier's 1944 film. Some discoloration to the slipcase, very nice copy overall. Fritz Kredel (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 158 pp. Original white cloth covers w/ gilt decoration on front cover, and gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled; spine darkened. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. #362 of 1,500 copies. Illust. w/ color painting reproductions. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Limited Editions Club release. 1932 latest date at copyright. Later edition; unstated. Richly bound in taupe linen boards exhibiting sharp sheen, gilt stamped cover and spine titles, fine. Leaves of finest paper imported from England, Basingwerk Parchment, more beautiful and permanent than any other. Illustrated by the greatest European Romantic artist, Eugene Delacroix with eighteen painstakingly reproduced lithographs using the collotype method. Frontispiece illustrated bust of Goethe with his signature. Preserved in a light grey slipcase and still possessing the original glassine wrapper. Wrapper separated at spine area, other wise fine. Bind fine, square; hinges fully intact. Includes original Heritage Press literary supplement laying bare the effort and diligence put forth producing this finely crafted, richly beautiful volume and the history of Goethe and Delecroix's amicable, respectful as artists, relation during their lifetimes. Goethe gave high praise to these illustrations during his lifetime, saying they opened new insights into his very own masterwork. The eighteen lithographs are accepted as perfect pictures, enlivening and supplementing Faust's text and stimulating the imagination and intelllect. Considered one of the greatest illustrated books ever. This book utilizes a set of pulls of the original Delacroix lithographs, in the first state of their first edition commissioned to Arthur Jaffe by the New York Public Library. Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Faust, an audacious man, boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate. 183 pages with xiv introductory pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Delacroix, Eugene (illustrator).…