Search Results: German literature from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

Helskini: Eurographica, 1988. First separate edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 350 copies, signed by the author.

Munich, 1845. First edition. Original printed wrappers, frontispiece and 16 leaves, illustrated with woodcuts. Very good condition. W / G 11.

Berlin: Suhrkamp, 1965. 21 volumes. Original boards, or original cloth. Very good and fine copies. First editions (except vol. I of Stücke, which is a later printing) of Brecht's collected works, The first 12 of 14 eventually published volumes of plays and the first 9 (of 10) of poems. W.-G. 64, 77. Additional shipping will be required.,

Erfurt: Hennings, 1797. First edition. Early half dark brown calf with marbled boards, sprinkled edges, joints rubbed, else a fine copy. First edition, with twelve woodcuts in the text. W. / G. 10.

Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1926. First edition. 8vo, pp. [vi], 504. Original blue cloth, some mild fading, internally fine and fresh, with the rare original dust jacket (edges and folds minimally restored, slightly chipped at the ends of the spine), the jacket carries a quote from Hermann Hesse calling Kafka "König der Deutschen Sprache"

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1926. First edition. Blue cloth, spine faded, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, later state, of "The Death Ship," the first book published under the B. Traven pseudonym. It was the first of the author's books to be translated, and an international best-seller. Wilpert/Gühring 4.

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1931. First edition. Blue cloth. Fine copy. Wilpert/Gühring 13.

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1931. First edition. Blue cloth. Rear board dampmarked, otherwise fine. First edition.

Paris: Editions Cosmopolites, 1937. First edition. Beckmann, Max. Original wrappers, glassine jacket, fine. Copy 90 of 100 copies on Van Gelder paper, numbered and signed by the author. 7 full-page lithographs by Max Beckmann.

Paris: Editions Cosmopolites, 1937. First edition. Beckmann, Max. Original wrappers, glassine jacket, fine. 7 full-page lithographs by Max Beckmann.

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1929. First edition. Original green linen, a fine copy. Wilpert/Gühring 10. Traven revised the later German language editions. This book won a national prize for its design.

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1929. First edition. Original green linen, a very nice copy. Traven revised the later German language editions. This book won a national prize for its design. W / G 10.

Zürich: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1936. First edition. Blue cloth, a little faded, some spots on endpapers, a very good copy.

Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1936. First edition. Original blue cloth, fine. Wilpert/Gühring 18.

Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1929. First edition. Original light brown cloth, blocked in black. Fine copy. Wilpert/Gühring 11.

Chemnitz: Schmeitzner, 1882. First edition, first issue. 8vo, 2 leaves, [5]-255 pp. Bound to period style in marbled boards, with red morocco spine and black leather labels. Fine condition. From the library of Viennese bibliographer Dr Moriz Grolig with his circular stamp on the title page verso. Of 1000 copies originally printed, 788 remainders were sold to E.W. Fritsch in 1886 and reissued with a new title page and additional material. Schaberg 35.

Vienna: Schade, 1826. Three volumes, original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, but a fine set; deaccessioned from the Studien-Bibliothek, Salzburg, with stamps. A two-volume edition was published in Breslau earlier the same year.

Helskini: Eurographica, 1985. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 350 copies, signed by the author.

Zurich: Oprecht, 1937. Wrappers, very good. 16-20 thousand.

Berlin: Die Schmiede, 1924. First edition. Publisher's brown striped boards, printed cover and spine labels (design by Georg Salter). A fine copy in the rare and fragile dust jacket, with only minimal wear. Published shortly after Kafka's death in June 1924, it is the last book for which he corrected proofs. Dietz 66.