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Edité par 10 December 12 Birchin Lane London, 1844
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
Manuscrit / Papier ancien Signé
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On brittle, discoloured paper, cropped at foot. Signed ( J. Oxenford ). The recipient is not named, but is clearly the editor of the Athenaeum. Reads: Sir/- / In the name of Mr. C. A. Feiling and myself, I beg leave to thank you for the very handsome and prominent notice of our "German Tales" which appeared in the Athenaeum of the 30th. ult. - You will confer a further obligation by letting the gentleman who wrote the article [know] how much we feel indebted to his kindness. .
Edité par Chapman and Hall, London, 1844
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-xiv [1] 2-446, nineteenth-century three-quarter leather and marbled boards, spine panel richly tooled in gold, marbled endpapers. First edition. Early anthology of German Romantic tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Heinrich von Kleist, Ludwig Tieck, Wilhelm Hauf, among others. Many are fantastic, including such classics as Hauff's "The Cold Heart," Hoffmann's "The Sandman" and Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas." Also includes Hoffman's "Elementary Spirit," the only translation to date of this long tale of an alchemist's invocation of a fire-elemental. Also "Libussa" by J. C. A. Musaeus. Translations are cited by Morgan (A Critical Bibliography of German Literature in English Translation C441) as above-average and appear here for the first time in English. "Good material." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1272. One of the handful of key English-language anthologies in the early 19th century that propagated German Romanticism throughout the English-speaking world. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 05356. p. Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, p. 177. Binding scuffed and rubbed, inner hinge repaired, text block clean, a sound, good copy. (#136331).
Edité par Chapman and Hall, London, 1844
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-xiv [1] 2-446 + 24-page publisher's catalogue dated "November, 1844" at rear, original decorated brown cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. An early anthology of German Romantic tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Heinrich von Kleist, Ludwig Tieck, Wilhelm Hauf, among others. Many are fantastic, including such classics as Hauff's "The Cold Heart," Hoffmann's "The Sandman" and Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas." Also includes Hoffman's "Elementary Spirit," the only translation to date of this long tale of an alchemist's invocation of a fire-elemental. Also "Libussa" by J. C. A. Musaeus. Translations are cited by Morgan (A Critical Bibliography of German Literature in English Translation C441) as above-average and appear here for the first time in English. "Good material." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1272. One of the handful of key English-language anthologies in the early nineteenth century that propagated German Romanticism throughout the English-speaking world. This was the tenth book in Chapman and Hall's "Foreign Library" series. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 05356. Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, p. 177. Some wear to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, text block clean, a very good copy. An attractive copy. (#157577).
Edité par Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand C. Whiting House, London, 1844
Vendeur : Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in rebound boards. A Few owner stamps some inked out, sticker removal to rear paste down. Extremely rare; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.