Selected Writings by Hoffmann, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator). First Edition. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. Very Good/Very Good. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 608 pp., dust jacket very light shelf wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good; dust jacket in plastic protective sleeve; cover very light shelf wear to corners, otherwise very good; pages clean and unmarked. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Jacob Landau (illustrator). 1st Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1969. Two large octavo books, red and black cloth hardcovers, silver gilt printing on spines and covers, with slipcase, Vol. 1 - 315 pp; Vol. 2 - 363 pp. Edited and translated by Leonard J.Kent & Elizabeth C. Knight. 20 color plates by Jacob Landau. Volume 1 contains 7 tales, a lengthy Introduction, and other info. Vol 2 consists on one long novel, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF KATTER MURR, along with a list of Hoffmann's literary works and a bibliography. A very handsome, and heavy, set. The two books are fine, clean, unmarked, probably unread; the slipcase shows some shelfwear along the edges and one circular stain where a price sticker probably existed.

First printing thus. Edited and Translated by Leonard J. Kent and Elizabeth C. Knight. Both volumes fine in near fine, lightly rubbed publisher's slipcase. Black and red cloth in matching publisher's slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Two Volume Set - black cloth quarter-bound to spine over red linen cloth to boards. Gilt fasc signature to front of both, gilt lettering and neon pink décor to spines. Books are tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out - Fine. Original Slipcase has glossy pasted on label showing information about each volume on one side and large b/w illustration on the other. Spine has title and an additional illustration. Tight and square - Near Fine. Full color illustrations in both volumes are striking and powerful - by Jacob Landau. Translated and Edited by Leonard J. Kent and Elizabeth C. Knight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 1969. 1st edition. 1st printing (both books). Volumes 1 & 2. 4to hardcover in slipcase. 315pp, 363pp. Illustrations. Both books, fine in fine slipcase/issued without dust jackets. Books in startling fresh condition. Prior owner's neat name plate to front pastedown of each book. v. 1. Foreword by R. Wellek. Ritter Gluck. The golden pot. The sandman. Councillor Krespel. The mines of Falun. Mademoiselle de Scuderi. The doubles. v. 2. The life and opinions of Kater Murr, book 1-2. Bibliography (p. 353-363).