Improvisatore, Used (68 results)

Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Nabu Press, 2010. Fine. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 354 p. Audience: General/trade. eng pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Improvisatore (Author's Edition) by Hans Christian Andersenl translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Bston and New York, undated. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Originally published to great acclaim in 1835, Hans Christian Andersen s debut novel, The Improvisatore, initially eclipsed his fairy tales, which first appeared in the same year. Andersen, the captivating teller of enchanted tales, is very much in evidence in this classic Bildungsroman inspired by his travels in Italy earlier in the decade. The novel s hero, Antonio much like Andersen himself rises from impoverished beginnings to become a successful artist, at every turn learning charming and often alarming lessons in the ways of the world. Adopted by a nobleman, smitten with an opera singer, challenged to a duel, captured by bandits, beset by a temptress, Antonio follows a dizzying itinerary on his path to enlightenment and, perhaps, happiness. Along the way he experiences the delights of Italian culture and nature so clearly and deeply absorbed by his peripatetic author from the inescapable power of some of the world s most enduring paintings and sculptures to the drama of an erupting Mount Vesuvius and the rampages of wild buffalo on the Roman campagna, all in the shadow of classical mythology and in the company of characters from every level of Italian society: beggar, brigand, priest, and poet. This first English translation since the 1840s captures the brilliance and brio, the sweep and the nuance that made The Improvisatore one of Hans Christian Andersen s most widely read and best loved works. "externally very good,clean , a little loose inside back cover"BX1-C.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nineteenth Edition. 341 pages. Green binding with brown and gold lettering on spine. Brown lettering on front cover. First of a series of Andersen's complete works. Spine ends fraying a bit. Interior pages browning at edges. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. No inscriptions, lacks dustwrapper, spine slightly faded but overall in very good condition, red boards with titles highlighted in black to covers and gilt to spine. Part of the series ' Choice Books of Famous Authors '. Bright and clean internally. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. 341 pages. Gilt top edge. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. A statement in The Advertisement following the title page indicates this is "the first of a series of Hans Christian Andersen's complete works, published by arrangement with the author, who has an interest in each book published." Backstrip and a small piece of the top edge of the front cover are somewhat discolored. This book is not ex-library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Good. London, no publication date stated, c. 1857; white boards with gold spine titles and gray paper cover; heavy soiling to boards; 16 mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; no jacket; 1" tear in flyleaf; previous owner's name on front endpaper; pencil marking on last page. 340 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

paperback. Condition: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. 340 pages. No dust jacket. New and Carefully Corrected Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to. (25 cm.) 124p. Plus 4p. ads. Sewn booklet in brown wrappers printed and decorated in black. Wear to the extremities with some corners rounded but still flat, top third of front wrapper missing, some chips missing around edges of wrappers, top right corner of title page missing with no loss to title, sewn binging intact, pages turning as expected, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. Even though the publication data references New York, this edition was sold in Britain, as it has on the front cover "Price One Shilling.".

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No date stated, ca. 1869. Author's Edition. Rebound in half leather with marbled boards. Reading copy only. Owner's name on inside. Two blank pages preceeding the title page detached.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Translated from the Danish by Mary Howitt. Hardcover bound in green cloth. Damage at head and tail of spine and corners. Front hinge cracked. Overall shelf wear, pages faded.

Condition: Very Good - general wear to the covers and spine, tight binding, no writings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Author's Edition. 341 pp. Black and maroon boards have significant signs of aging and use. There is chipping and wear to al corners and edges as well as around the spine. There is fading of the color throughout the boards. On the inside cover page, the spine has detatched a bit from the pages but is still fully functional and holding the book together. Size: Quarto. Book.

13th edition. 8vo. vii + 341pp. + 12pp. adverts. E.ps. and margins of pages slightly browned, blind ownership stamp to front f.e.p. Original light green gilt armorial cloth lettered in brown, slightly rubbed. US$15.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover Good Houghton, Mifflin circa 1880 hardcover "Author's Edition" Green cloth cover embossed, with gilt lettering Cover shows moderate edgewear to spine ends and corners Pages clean Binding tight and square.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 124 pages; As originally published by Harper as # 49 in their Library of Select Novels. In original title lettered wrappers; no date to title page nor copyright. The rear cover advertises the May 1867 issue of Harper's Magazine. Spine edge rubbed with some mild furring and shallow loss at spine ends. Text printed in two columns. No catalog of Harper Select titles at front, though there are ads for regular harper titles inside front and for the magazines to the rear cover. Wrappers shelf soiled and tattty at the edges with small nicks and rubs. Moderate damp stain and tide line to the front edge of the cover and first few leaves. Contents generally neat with just mild toning to page stock and a few pinprick sized paper burns. Uncommon early American issue. G+.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 21 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Quarterly Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: Very good. Author's edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [7], vi-vii, [2], 2-341, [5]; marbled paper over boards and 3/4 polished calf; spine with two inlaid squares of red and black morocco with title in gilt, five raised bands, and gilt decorations; marbled page edges; small chip to head of spine and a few small rubbed spots to boards; previous owner's signature to first blank leaf; overall in very good condition.First published in 1835, Andersen's autobiographical novel was considered to be the author's breakthrough. It followed his travels in Italy through the book's main character Antonio.