sir galahad 1874 1948 (4 résultats)

, Sir Galahad, 1874-1948. Byzanz : von Kaisern, Engeln und Eunuchen. Leipzig, Wien : E.P. Tal & Co., 1936, 318pp., good green cloth but spine is quite faded to brown, light wear around edges, previous owner's name: T. U. Lenthall M. A., dated 13.9.36 / old visiting card used as bookmark: Mrs. Pauline Good, Real Estate Agent, North Andover, Mass. Entwurf des Einbands Otto Huter. Author's real name was: Bertha Eckstein-Diener, 1874-1948; born in Austria, she lived in Switzerland from 1920, emigrated formally in 1938 and died in Geneva in 1948. Author of numerous historical novels, light cultural history, works praising matriarchy, and an introductory guide to Russian literature.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 118p. : ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Crete (Greece) -- Antiquities. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 118p. : ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Crete (Greece) -- Antiquities. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 91. bis 95. tausend. [4th actual printing; 1st in 1919] ; 179 pp. ; 19 cm. ; beige cloth with black and red lettering ; silk ribbon ; foxing ; a collection of essays, in German, from the seminal New Thought writer, Prentice Mulford, who after having tried his hand at gold mining in San Francisco, where he connected with a young Mark Twain, set off to live in a boat for several years, spent a time as a hermit living in the swamps of New Jersey, where he formulated the essential character of his philosophy and writings ; Contents: Einige Gesetze der Kraft und Schönheit -- Positive und negative Gedanken -- Einige praktische geistige Rezepte -- Gott in den Bäumen -- Der praktische Wert der Traumerei -- Das Mysterium des Schlafes oder: Unsere doppelte Existenz -- Mentale Ströme -- Wer sind unsere Verwandten? -- Der innere Arzt -- Die Religion der Kleider -- Das Gesetz der Ehe -- Tyrannei oder: Wie wir einander mesmerisieren -- Wie man seine Unternehmungen födert -- Beichte -- Die Kirche des schweigenden Verlangens -- Die heilende und regenerierende Kraft des Frühlings -- Die Unsterblichkeit im Fleiche ; Langen's editions introduced Mulford to the German-speaking world through the translations of the Austrian writer, Bertha Helene Diener, who was also an early writer on feminist topics, most notably her book, "Mothers and Amazons". She married against the wishes of her family and later left her husband and child in 1904 to take a series of extended travels which marked the be ginning of her literary career. She died during an operation in 1948. ; G. Book.