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The Tales of Hoffmann: Available Copies

Tan cloth over boards. Clean throughout. Includes a copy of Sandglass. Red slipcase a little faded on edges.

Moderate wear/sunning to slipcase with nicking at edges, 1 1/2 tear on rear, and seam separation along top (repaired), minor soiling to spine, covers clean and square, minor yellowing to book block, otherwise clean and square, binding good. SHIPS FAST from Santa Maria, CA

344pp. 8vo Lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Light gray cloth. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Uncredited translations from the German. Prologue by Hugo Steiner-Parg. Spine sunned, light cover soil, interior clean/tight: near VG+.

Heritage Press, 1943. Very good. , Hardcover, Hugo Steiner-Prag. Tan cloth. Text clean. 344 pages. In good slipcase. Illustrated with lithographs. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

Sound binding and hinges. Some foxing, but pages are free of writing and marks. Cloth over boards is clean with bright lettering and design on front and spine. Spine very slightly darkened. ; Special contents of this edition by the Limited Editions Club for the George Macy Companies, Inc. ; Lithographs; 9.5" tall; 344 pages.

Well-preserved copy, bound in genuine red leather with gilt front, back and page edges all around. In unused condition.

One volume in red slipcase. Full beige cloth, red lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The spine is moderately sunned, the slipcase shows only mild shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE (Slipcase). The Limited Editions Club Series. Lithographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxvi, (ii), 344 pp

8vo 344pp. ten most famous novellas by the German writer, used as basis for an opera by Jacques Offenbach. Prologue by illustrator Hugo Steiner-Prag. #01974. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcover VG+: touch of shelf wear.

xxiv, 336p., illus., very good condition in a shelf worn slipcase with a faded spine label and a small splash stain on the front panel. This is no. 683 signed by Hugo Steiner-Prag and with an introductory essay by Arthur Ransome.

16 x 24 cm. Erste Auflage, 344 S. Geprägte illustrierte OLwd. Sprache: Englisch, Lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Hinweis: Versandkosten müssen bei Auslandsversand evtl. angehoben werden.

Translated from the German. Limited edition. Octavo, fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine.

Heritage Press 1943 Reprint Fine/Very Good Slipcase Heavy grey cloth with darkred decorations and lettering. Solid structure, Illustrated, pages lightly tanned. Spine lightly tanned. Red slip case with faded edges and reinforced with clear library tape. HEAVY ITEM.

Large octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in full black natural linen decorated with a design in gold by the illustrator and a leather spine label. Translated by various hands; introductory essay by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated with 43 original lithographs drawn on the stone by Hugo Steiner-Prag, pulled by George C. Miller at the Printing House of William Edward Rudge. Copy #917 of 1500 SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist who also designed the book and wrote a prologue. Mild soiling to covers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase

First edition. Hardback. Slight fading at spine otherwise very good in a slightly worn and marked slip-case. Ink name to endpaper.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Collector's Edition. Near Fine. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Black and white photographs illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Bound in red leather with raised bands to the spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré endpapers, hubbed spine, and a sewn-in satin bookmark. Printed on archival paper. The gilt has some faint, small scratches to the side fore-edges, else fine. ?Collector?s Notes? included. 344 pages. 6¼" X 9¼" tall. Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of "The Nutcracker" create a rich fictional world. Hoffmann paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostile, absurd world.

Signed by Illustrator on colophon Very good with faint soiling to covers, back strip has a small abrasion near rear joint and label is faintly curled at left bottom corner, and faint spotting to fore edge of text block. In gray slip case that is rubbed, bumped and browned at edges with boards exposed at corners of opening

HARDBACK BOOK IN VERY GOOD-PLUS CONDITION,SIGNED BY HUGO STEINER-PRAG,NUMBER 759 OF 1500 COPIES

Large octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in full black natural linen decorated with a design in gold by the illustrator and a leather spine label. Translated by various hands; introductory essay by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated with 43 original lithographs drawn on the stone by Hugo Steiner-Prag, pulled by George C. Miller at the Printing House of William Edward Rudge. Copy #845 of 1500 SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist who also designed the book and wrote a prologue. Mild sunning to the spine; owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase

336pp Illus #1307, signed by Steiner-Prag. Slight wear to top of backstrip; covers slightly discolored. Lettering on backstrip faded.

Red leather with decorative gilt. All edges gilt . Clean and tight. In unread condition.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. 8vo, xxiv, 336 pp. Black cloth, gilt decoration to upper board, green cloth label with gilt lettering to backstrip. Backstrip very slightly faded, internally fine. Slipcase slightly faded and scuffed. Internally fine. § Copy #1290 of an unspecified edition of numbered copies, likely 1500, signed by Steiner-Prag.