johann wolfgang goethe introduction thomas (6 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. A clean and unmarked softcover with an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel. No noteworthy up-turns to the paper-boards' corners. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 317-stated pages.

Slipcase (Hardcover). Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Sharp, William (illustrateur). This large book has little corner bumping or edge wear. Some light rubbing of the covers. Hinges and gutters are solid, some light shadowing. Slipcase has some wear and faded edges. Due to the size of the book, it may require additional shipping.

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Good. Extensive sunning/scuffing to slipcase, seams intact, moderate sunning to spine, covers otherwise clean and square, former owner's name inscribed on ffep, book block otherwise clean and square, binding good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Sharp, William (illustrateur). Sandglass (13 : 29) Laid In. The Book Is Bound In A Two-Toned Blue Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering Within A Dark Brown, Round Title Block. The Spine Has Darkened And There Is A Former Owner's Book Plate Attached To The Front Pastedown. The Dark Blue Slip Case Has Some Fading At The Opening.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition Thus. RARE COMPLETE 10-VOLUME SET, published in English by Collier, undated (circa 1909). A beautifully preserved set with all ten volumes firmly bound. Top page edges gilt, side and bottom page edges deckle-cut. Handsome overall appearance with red leatherette spine, bright and unworn gilt spine lettering, and marbled boards front and rear of each volume. Minor foxing only at page edges. Numerous uncut signatures and no evident pen or pencil marks throughout the ten volumes indicate that these books are likely unread. Minimal shelf wear is evident: very small chip at crown of spine of Volumes 9 and 10 only; minimal edge scrapes on five of the volumes; surface scrape about 1.5" square on the exterior marbled board on front of Vol. 1. Overall remarkably very good, firm, bright and clean condition for a set well over a century old. Volumes are 8" tall by 5.75" wide, and each is approximately 1" thick, with a total shelf width for the whole set of about 10.5 inches. The Introduction to Goethe's Works in Volume I was written by Thomas Carlyle in 1839. Contents are as follows: v. 1-2. Autobiography : the truth and fiction relating to my life / trans. by John Oxenford -- v. 3. The sorrows of Werther. The elective affinities. The good woman / trans. by Bayard Taylor -- v. 4. Letters from Switzerland. Travels in Italy / trans. by A.J.W. Morrison -- v. 5. Poems -- v. 6. Iphigenia in Tauris. Torquato Tasso. Goetz von Berlichingen. The fellow-citizen / trans. by Sir Walter Scott, E.A. Bowring and Anna Swanwick -- v. 7. Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship / trans. by Thomas Carlyle -- v. 8. Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship and travels. The recreations of the German emigrants / trans. by Thomas Carlyle -- v. 9. The tragedy of Faust / trans. by Anna Swanwick -- v. 10. Faust. Clavigo. Egmont. The wayward lover. Reynard, the fox / trans. by A. Hayward, Sir Walter Scott, and Anna Swanwick. If you have further questions about this beautiful antiquarian set please contact us and we are happy to respond. This is quite possibly the best-condition example of this 10-Volume set of Goethe's works published by Collier that is available anywhere in the world today.