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The Tales of Hoffmann: Available Copies
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A.
Hardcover
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Publisher: The Heritage Press (1943)
Seller: Bearly Read Books (Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $12.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $18.00
Tan cloth over boards. Clean throughout. Includes a copy of Sandglass. Red slipcase a little faded on edges.
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THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by E.T.A. Hoffmann, illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag (Heritage Press 1992 Hardcover No dust jacket) by E. T. A. & Hugo Steiner-Prag (Illust) Hoffmann
Hardcover
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Publisher: The Heritage Press ()
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $18.06
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $18.06
Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.85
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Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $14.38
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $21.38
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+.
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The Tales of Hoffmann, Translated Out of the German By Various Hands. by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Heritage Press (1943)
Seller: Lincbook (Foster, RI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $21.95
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.
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The Tales of Hoffmann (Heritage Press) by E.T.A. Hoffmann; Hugo Steiner-Prag (Illustrator)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Heritage Press January 1943 (1943)
Seller: Gavin's Books (Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $19.50
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $23.49
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
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Ransome, Arthur (intro.)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Heritage Press, New York (1943)
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books (Archdale, NC, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $24.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $24.00
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.
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THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by T.A. HOFFMANN
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: HERITAGE PRESS, NEW YORK (1943)
Seller: Shadetree Rare Books (Chatham, VA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $5.95
TOTAL Cost: $25.95
VERY GOOD HARDCOVER WITH DJ. One volume in red slipcase. Full beige cloth, red lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, T. A.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Heritage Press, New York (1943)
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC (Palatine, IL, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $36.00
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
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Steiner-Prag, Hugo [Illustrator]
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Limited Editions Club (1943)
Seller: Arundel Books (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $40.00
Shipping: $5.75
TOTAL Cost: $45.75
A Near Fine copy of the 1943 Limited Editions Club edition. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and author of prologue, Hugo Steiner-Prag; this being #1168. Publisher's green-grey slipcase Good with moderate shelfwear, edgewear, and discoloration. // Collection of stories by influencial Gothic horror author E.T.A. Hoffman accompanied by b/w lithographs.
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Steiner-Prag, Hugo (illustrator and Prologue)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Heritage Press, US (1943)
Seller: Keeper of the Page (Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $40.35
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $47.35
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.
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Seller: Matthew's Books (Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $44.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $49.50
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.
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Tales of Hoffmann, stories. Translated out of the German by various hands, illustrated with lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Parg together with a prologue from the illustrator by Hoffmann, E.T.A. [Hugo Steiner-Prag illustrations]
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club, New York (1943)
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc. (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $50.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $50.00
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.
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The Tales of Hoffmann by E.T.A Hoffmann
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Easton Press (1992)
Seller: Armadillo Alley Books (Carrollton, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $7.75
TOTAL Cost: $67.75
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.
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THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by HOFFMANN, E. T. A
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York (1943)
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB (Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $62.50
Shipping: $7.50
TOTAL Cost: $70.00
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
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The Tales of Hoffmann by Hoffmann, E. T. A.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club (1943)
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books (La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $75.00
Shipping: $4.65
TOTAL Cost: $79.65
A beautiful, clean, crisp hardcover in near fine condition; faint age toning to lower and upper edge of textblock. Includes slipcase in very good condition with light rubbing. No. 176/1,500 limited edition copies signed by illustrator Hugo Steiner-Prag.
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THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by HOFFMANN, E. T. A
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York (1943)
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB (Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $93.80
Shipping: $7.50
TOTAL Cost: $101.30
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
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Tales of Hoffmann. . . Translated out of the German by Various Hands, Illustrated with Lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag, together with a Prologue from the Illustrator by Hoffmann, E.T.A. Steiner-Prag, Hugo (illustrator)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: (1943)
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $150.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $150.00
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.
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