Forbidden Fruit (The Cobweb Series of Choice Fiction)
by Hackländer, F. W.; Rosalie Kaufman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1877. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. 262pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Orange cloth over boards, with very elaborate decoratively stamped cobweb and spider designs in black and red on the spine and boards. Title in gilt on the spine. Publisher's advertisements for "The Cobweb Series" and other "Choice Fiction" printed on the endpapers. Advertisements for "New and Popular Novels" at the rear. Spine rolled, and extremities gently bumped. The text block is cracked a couple of times, but the book is quite sturdy. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer, John Ruyle. Translated from the German of F. W. Hackländer by Rosalie Kaufman. Scarce, and in the publisher's lovely binding.
From The Publisher's Weekly (No. 299, October 6, 1877, p. 403) -
"All of the events of this romance take place within a few days. A young German officer, Eugene von Warring, has been left an income of ten thousand dollars on condition that he marries before his twenty-fifth year. But a couple of months intervene between his birthday when the story opens. He is on a visit to his sister, who determines to take the matter in hand and get him a wife. Thinking it the nature of man to ardently desire just what he cannot have, she pretends that a charming young girl she wants him to marry is affianced to another, or in other words is 'forbidden fruit.' However, the bait does not take except for a short time, the count suddenly falling in love with a young art student, who turns out to be a great lady. Hackländer paints German domestic life with a wonderful skill and freshness, giving to these simple incidents an unusual attractiveness.
From The Publisher's Weekly (No. 299, October 6, 1877, p. 403) -
"All of the events of this romance take place within a few days. A young German officer, Eugene von Warring, has been left an income of ten thousand dollars on condition that he marries before his twenty-fifth year. But a couple of months intervene between his birthday when the story opens. He is on a visit to his sister, who determines to take the matter in hand and get him a wife. Thinking it the nature of man to ardently desire just what he cannot have, she pretends that a charming young girl she wants him to marry is affianced to another, or in other words is 'forbidden fruit.' However, the bait does not take except for a short time, the count suddenly falling in love with a young art student, who turns out to be a great lady. Hackländer paints German domestic life with a wonderful skill and freshness, giving to these simple incidents an unusual attractiveness.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58365
- Title
- Forbidden Fruit (The Cobweb Series of Choice Fiction)
- Author
- Hackländer, F. W.; Rosalie Kaufman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Estes and Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Londonvbf; pbhs; lot 48; early science fiction; John Ruyle; fancon
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....