Search Results: German Literature from Grimalkin Books

Houghton Mifflin, 1916. This thoughtfully conceived collection is a First Printing, with only a 1916 copyright date and no further printing history. (Later printings and editions are stated as such.) The book is in close to Fine condition (click on photo). It includes 21 plays from the greatest drama and comedy of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway, from 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D. It does not include any classical plays from Great Britain, which are easily found in other collections, but concentrates instead on the rest of Europe. The complete contents are as follows: Agamemnon by Aeschylus, translated by E.D.A. Morshead; Oedipus the King by Sophocles, translated by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb; Medea by Euripides, translated by Gilbert Murray; The Frogs by Aristophanes, translated by J. Hookham Frere; The Captives by Plautus, translated by Edward H. Sugden; Phormio by Terence, translated by Morris H. Morgan; The Star of Seville by Lope de Vega, translated by Philip M.… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1956. "Holocaust at Sea" is in Near-Fine condition with a Near-Fine unclipped dust jacket. Click on photo. The book is translated from the German by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig and is illustrated with photographs. The Scharnhorst was one of the most feared ships in Atlantic and North Sea waters. This thrilling real-life adventure details the final battle that led to the ship's destruction by 56 torpedoes from the Duke of York. Nearly 2000 men were lost, but the few survivors had much to tell this noted German author. The book has turquoise covers with white spine letters, and light rubbing at the spine tips. The dust jacket also has shelf rubbing at the spine tips and corners. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 by 8 3/8 inches and includes 182 pages, with photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. This Stated First Edition (and, unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a Fine, price-unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has light edge rubbing, a tiny 1/8-inch tear at the rear spine seam, and a small red dot next to the word "Last" on the front panel. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in a satin-like black cloth with die-stamped gilt spine titles and design elements. The book has top-edge red stain. The book is clean and bright throughout, with the signature of the original owner on the front free endpaper, with a March 20, 1959 date. The rear endpaper has the paste-down New York Times book review from March 15, 1959, which includes a photo of Mann visiting Goethe's house in Frankfurt, 1949. The book has a frontis photograph of Thomas Mann. The essays were translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston and Tania and James Stern. They essays' titles are On Schiller, Fantasy on Goethe, Nietzche's Philosophy… Read More

Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut Schillers Werke, Im Verein mit R. Petsch, A. Leitzmann, and W. Stammler Herausgegeben von Ludwig Bellermann. Zweite kritisch durchgesehene und erläuterte Ausgabe. Eine schöne Sammlung in 9 Bänden: "Schiller's Gesammelte Werke"; ohne Jahr. Die Bücher sind in Sehr Gut+ Bedingung, in Deutscher Sprache. Jedes Buch ist in dunkelgrünem Stoff gebunden mit Gilt Buchstaben und Einfassung und Buchrücken. Diese Bücher haben gelbe Flecken, nur am oberen Rand. Die Einbände sind noch sehr fest und die Seiten sind hell und klar. Jedoch, die fünf Bände haben Notierungen und Unterzeichnungen in Bleistift oder Tusche. 1.) Schillers Leben und Werke, Gedichte (Schiller's Life and Works, Poems); 2.) Die Räuber (The Robbers), Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua (Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy), Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue & Love); 3.) Don Carlos, Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre (The Criminal of… Read More

Heilbronn, Germany: Berlag von Eugen Salzer, 1904. This German-language book explores the life and artwork of the famous 19th Century German artist and illustrator, Wilhelm Steinhausen (1846-1924). It includes 119 illustrations, mostly in black and white. The book is in Good condition. It has green cloth covers over a flexible board, with a circular illustration in gilt over ivory, as well as gilt titles on the front panel and gilt spine lettering. The covers have some discoloration and bowing of the flexible boards, as well as rubbing at the spine tips and corners. The book includes decorative endpapers. The hinges are excellent, and the binding is tight and secure. The text pages are clean. The book includes 132 pages and measures 7 by 10 inches. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wilhelm Steinhausen. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Luise (often anglicized from the German as "Louisa") Muhlbach was the penname of Klara Muller Mundt (1814-1873), who achieved worldwide recognition in the 19th Century with her historical novels. Klara's husband, Theodor Mundt (1808-1861), was an equally famous novelist and critic in the couple's homeland, Germany. This following is a complete 20-volume set from Appleton, Muhlbach's original publisher, and was published between 1899 and 1900. The set is in overall Very Good condition, bound in a black cloth with die-stamped gilt spine lettering and a gilt imperial eagle. The eagle is also blind stamped on the front panel. All volumes have top-edge gilt. Click on photo. The books show light shelf rubbing (except for one volume, with moderate crown rubbing) and the Appleton name on the spine bottom is rubbed or faded. I would rate two of the volumes as Good, due to moderate cover staining and more wear than the others, many of which were… Read More