Destiny Novel Pictures by Nuckel (25 results)

paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 207 unnumbered leaves : all illustrations. Publisher's illustrated cloth-covered boards worn, faded, and sunned, wear with exposure to corners and to foot of spine, "34" in black marker imperfectly washed from upper hinge corner of front panel; inner hinges strong, contents unmarked. 720 grams.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with a single B & W image on the recto and verso of each page. Original glossy black illustrated wrappers. Very light edge rubbing else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket is missing. Cover is worn and slightly stained/faded. Only interior marking is of the number 200 on inside first page. No missing pages. Some pages have stains/ water marks.

Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's red cloth printed in black. First edition. Ink ownership signature at upper corner of the title page; attractive bookplate on front free endpaper; spine sunned and cloth a little dust-soiled; contents clean, tight and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original red cloth (some fading and wear to cloth). Mylar cover. Illustrated By Otto Nuckel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Uncommon tan boards lightly soiled, tight binding, bright black lettering to front board and to spine strip, previous owner's name to black front end paper and to title page, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition.8vo, pictorial red cloth. In nearly 200 wordless images the graphic story follows an unnamed woman whose life of poverty and misfortune drives her to infanticide, prostitution, and murder. Delphin-Verlag. Destiny was the first graphic novel with leadcut images instead of the more common woodcuts used by artists such as Frans Masereel. The process allowed a greater depth of character and inspired Lynd Ward to tackle the medium, beginning with Gods' Man in 1929. Ward's success brought about this U.S. publication of Destiny in 1930. Literary scholars have praised the work for the complexity of its plot, its social consciousness, and its focus on an individual character. Destiny first appeared in German [SchicksalI] in 1926. CONDITION: Good; faded backstrip; starting at the title page gutter; lacking d/w.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Undated , believed to be 1930. Comprises c 200 wood cuts , no text. A firm textblock in a sound but rather faded cover. Scarce in this UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Nuckel, Otto (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st ptg., square 8vo, full red cloth with cover silhouette in black and black titling. A dramatic tale told in the author's woodcuts only. Sunning to spine, else a nice tight copy, no previous owner's marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover, no dustjacket, this graphic novel was first published in Germany in 1926, using leadcut illustrations the author tells the story of a woman's life of hardship, the red cloth is faded to a lighter shade on the spine, the covers remain bright as new, the former owner's bookplate is present on the black end-paper, the remaining flaws are minor ones that do not affect the book's appearance much at all, we mention them to give a complete picture: a mild and tiny crease at the spine-ends, a mild lean to the spine, and moderate tanning to the outer page-edges, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, please also see our photos.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Nuckel, Otto (illustrator). First Edition. Very good first edition hardback of a novel told in leadcut illustrations by famed German illustrator Otto Nuckel. Pages somewhat toned. Former owner name in pen flyleaf along with former seller information in very light pencil. Base edges coverboard rubbed and outside corner base textblock soiled from contact with shelf, and top textblock from dust accumulation Base area spine covercloth soiled. Dust jacket heavily rubbed with tears and missing a a few sections, most notably lower left corner.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nuckel, Otto (illustrator). First American Edition. Red cloth boards with a black illustration on the front cover of a person looking out of a window. Stylistic illustrations as in the style of pre-World War II Germany. Illustrations are from leadcuts. All print on covers, and spine is bold. Red color on spine is slightly faded, with remainder of covers still quite red. There are 2 small black ink marks on the rear cover of approximately 1/8". Unpaginated novel told entirely in pictures. At head of title: O. Nückel. Printed on one side of leaf only. A beautiful book!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Bright, minor signs of handling, nice copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First American Edition. Square octavo [20 cm] Red cloth with black printed titles on front board and backstrip. The extremities are a bit darkened and rubbed and the backstrip is gently sunned. The front free endsheet is detached but present. Nückel's classic story is told entirely through a collection of striking images. From the publisher- "This pitiless story of a girl of the lower classes is curt, bare and powerful. The baseness of the underworld milieu is drawn with unsparing line; but the tale is lifted out of the merely lurid by the honesty of the artist's feelings, by his mastery of his medium. It reaches pure tragedy.".

20,5 : 18 cm. Illustrated original cloth. With 208 original-woodcuts by Otto Nückel. Illustrated original cloth. Contains 17 different picture-stories told in woodcuts by Otto Nückel. Starting with childhood, the father, the mother, the salesman, the child, the seducer, the sin, the end.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original red cloth, lettered and decorated in black with black endpapers. Spine slightly faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First American Edition. Square octavo [20 cm] Red cloth over boards, with titles and cover illustration in black. Black endpapers. The spine is negligibly sunned, and the cloth at the head of the backstrip is ever so slightly frayed. The front hinge is a bit soft, however the book is still very sturdy. There is a prior owner's name in neat pen in the top fore-edge corner of the title page. No dust jacket. Nückel's classic story, told entirely through a collection of striking images. From the publisher- "This pitiless story of a girl of the lower classes is curt, bare and powerful. The baseness of the underworld milieu is drawn with unsparing line; but the tale is lifted out of the merely lurid by the honesty of the artist's feelings, by his mastery of his medium. It reaches pure tragedy.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Near Fine red cloth hardcover, very slight fading to spine. Internals clean and tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition; First Printing. Red cloth cover is lightly bumped at upper corners but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. Dust jacket is tattered at extremities . With multipe tears and chips but clean and bright. DJ flaps have been reattached with acid-free paper mending tape. Publisher's price of $3.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .; 0 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American Edition. Square octavo [20 cm] in once-red cloth faded to orange, with titles and cover illustration in black. Very light wear to boards; rubbing and short, creased tears to jacket, along with longer tear measuring 2" to jacket front cover; light smudging to textblock foot, else interior is unmarked. Nückel's classic story, told entirely through a collection of striking images, inspired the work of Lynd Ward. From the publisher: "This pitiless story of a girl of the lower classes is curt, bare and powerful. The baseness of the underworld milieu is drawn with unsparing line; but the tale is lifted out of the merely lurid by the honesty of the artist's feelings, by his mastery of his medium. It reaches pure tragedy.".

Hardcover. First American Edition. Square octavo [20 cm] Tan cloth with black printed titles on front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Jacket that has a few small chips at the extremities with losses and some minor corresponding creasing. This is likely a prepublication/review copy, due to the color of the boards (we have handled quite a few copies of this work over the years, and we have never handled a copy in tan boards) and laid in is a typed slip, that reads: "THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED MARCH 7". Nückel's only wordless novel is made up of striking leadcut images. "This pitiless story of a girl of the lower classes is curt, bare and powerful. The baseness of the underworld milieu is drawn with unsparing line; but the tale is lifted out of the merely lurid by the honesty of the artist's feelings, by his mastery of his medium. It reaches pure tragedy" - publisher blurb.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Unpaginated, rectos only. Original cloth lettered in black. Very Good+ with some fading to cloth, light wear, in About Very Good dust jacket with chipped extremities, small interior chip to spine panel, price-clipped. Uncommon in jacket. An early graphic novel in leadcut illustrations, told without words, that inspired Lynd Ward.