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Eight Tales of Hoffmann: Available Copies
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Eight Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (1776-1822)
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Publisher: Pan Books (1952), London (1952)
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $30.00
TOTAL Cost: $45.00
20mm tears at tail of dust-jacket spine. Some foxing. Some small stains to fore page edges. ; 223, [1] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 177 x 107mm. "Hoffman's tales were some of the first and are still some of the best of thrillers. A hundred and fifty years ago he knew how to make the flesh creep with accounts of the supernatural, in which he himself clearly believed." - from blurb on rear cover. Text in English, translated from German by J. M. Cohen. With a 7 page Introduction by J. M. Cohen. Contents: Introduction; The Lost Reflection; The Sandman; The Jesuit Church in Glogau; The Deserted House; Councillor Krespel; The Mines of Falun; A Ghost Story; Gambler's Luck. Series: Pan Books #198.
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EIGHT TALES OF HOFFMANN. Newly Translated, with an Introduction, by J.M. Cohen by HOFFMANN, E.T.A. [Ernst Theodore Amadeus [Wilhelm]
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Publisher: Pan Books, London (1952)
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB (Hornby Island, BC, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $31.56
Shipping: $25.00
TOTAL Cost: $56.56
Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). [223] pp. Issued as Pan Books No. 198. (No Price). Fine, crisp and flat, looks unread but there is the possibility of a near invisible vertical spine crease but the more I look at it the less I see it. In any event, a brilliant copy. Collects eight tales, here newly translated from the German, with a New Introduction by the editor: Introduction (Eight Tales of Hoffmann) essay by J. M. Cohen The Lost Reflection novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht 1815) The Sandman novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816) The Jesuit Church at Glogau short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Jesuiterkirche in G. 1817) The Deserted House novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Das öde Haus? 1817) Councillor Krespel novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Rath Krespel 1818) The Mines of Falun novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Bergwerke zu Falun 1819) A Ghost Story short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Eine Spukgeschichte 1819) Gambler's Luck novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Spielerglück? 1819). First Paperback Edition (& 1st printing).
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