Search Results: German Language Literature and Other German Language Books from Arroyo Seco Books

Osnabruck: H. Th. Wenner, 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. Photographs. No names or marks, no DJ.

Verlag Von Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig / Berlin, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 462 Pp. Dark Yellow Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Worn; Dampstaining To Spine. Former Owner's Name, Some Underlining,

Wien / Liepzig: F. G. Speidel, 1928. First German Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 440 Pp. Light Green Cloth, Gilt. First German Printing. Light Wear, Slight Browning To Spine Cloth, No Marks.

Wien [Vienna]: Verlag Von L. W. Seidel & Sohn, 1936. First American Edition . Illustrated Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 101 Abbildungen + Karte. a bright, clean example. Small "Lyon" handwritten on title page, beginning to fray at top corners of spine, no other marks or damage.

VAWS, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. B/W Photographs Throughout. 132 Pp. Illustrated Soft Cover. Copyright 1996; Apparently The First Printing. Photographs With Biographical Information On The 11 Photographers (And A Few Anonymous Photographs). Fine. Text In German.

Folkwang-Verlag, 1920. First Edition . Stapled Wrappers. Good. 11 " Tall. 8 pp including wrappers printed on both sides, the prospectus for the forthcoming book Alpine Architektur, with prices listed for before and after March 15 1920 publication date. Very scarce prospectus for a scarce book.

Chicago [circa 1904]: Wartburg Publishing House, 1904. First American Edition . Decorated Reed Cloth, Gilt. Very Good + Book/No Dust Jacket. Ornately Decorated Cover. 96 pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt, decorated in pink, light and dark green, and black, showing flowers with gilt embellishments. Endpapers with brown design. Quite scarce. The first German edition was in 1902 and there are no institutional holdings of this US reprint shown in WorldCat. Spine cloth a little faded, spine gilt lettering weak but clean, covers clean and bright.

Munchen [Munich] Circa 1927: G. Hirth's Verlag, 1927. First Edition . Illustrated Blue Wrappers. Very Good. 11 1/4" Tall. 28 Tafeln. 12 Pp + 28 Plates. Light Wear At Corners, Four Short Tears To Edges Of Spine. Ownership Signature Of Muralist Pasquale G Napolitano, Who Worked On Many Landmark Buildings In Los Angeles Circa 1924 To Circa 1970.

Vienna: Rikola, 1921. First Edition . Boards. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 3/4" High.. Black and White Photographs. 19 pages of text (tanned pages). 17 full page photographs of his sculptures.

Zurich: Scheffel Verlag, 1960. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustwrapper. A bright, clean, unmarked example in a dust jacket with just a touch of wear.

Berlin: Universitas, 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 220 Pp + Map And Ads At End. 1933 Novel Set In And About The Area South Of Denmark Which Was Part Of Germany In 1920 But Part Of Denmark By 1933; A German Nationalist Propaganda Effort, Probably By Intention And Possibly With The Explicit Support Of The Government (Hitler Is Mentioned On The Front Flap). Gilbert's Role As A Literary Figure In Nazi Germany Was Prolonged And Prolific. Beige Cloth Stamped In Brown. Touch Of Rubbing, Top Edge Dusty. Dj With Peaceful, Homey Cover Scene Of A Rural Farm From The Porch, Lightly Worn, A Few Short Tears And Minute Losses, A Little Foxing On Rear Panel. Small Sheet Of Notes In German Laid In Loosely.

Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn, 1888. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Near Fine. 9 1/8" Tall. 384; 362. Two volumes. Original three quarter maroon cloth over marbled boards. Frontispiece of Liebig, illustration of his laboratory on title page of Volume 1; frontispiece of Wohler and illustration of his laboratory on tile page of volume 2. Letters between two of the outstanding chemists of the nineteenth century. Liebig with Wohler established the theory of organic radicals, and established the division of foods into fats, carbohydrates and proteins. 1951 letters laid in, to and from the Library of Congress, which replies that this was the only edition, that it was apparently never translated into English, and that the Library of Congress did not own a copy but that a copy was reported to exist in the U.S. at the University of Washington at Seattle. Since that time, the letters were reprinted at Gottingen in 1982. Slight wear, some foxing to preliminary and final leaves,… Read More

Berlin / Liepzig: Schuster & Loeffler, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xvi, 339 Pp. + 4 Pp. Ads At Rear. Green Cloth, Gilt, Decorative Endpapers. First Printing. Light Wear, Gilt Bright, Fading To Spine Cloth And Edges Of Covers.

Berlin, 1961. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Color Cover of John F. Kennedy. Striking photograph of Kennedy in color.

Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1933. Soft cover. Very Good. 169 Pp. + Ad At Rear. Original Green Wrappers. Light Wear, Lettering Strong But Background Color Faded On Spine And Lower Edge Of Front Cover. Contents Near Fine, No Marks, Pages Unopened (Still Attached At Top Edges).

Breslau: S. Schottlaender, 1878. First Edition 1st Printing. 1/4 Leather. Very Good. 88 Pp; 170 Pp. Watered Endpapers. Very Scarce Early Book By German Science Fiction/Utopian Literature Pioneer Kurd Lasswitz (1848-1910). "As The First Major Sf Writer In German, He Holds The Same Place In Germany As Do H. G. Wells In England And Jules Verne In France. He Taught Philosophy For Many Years At The Gymnasium Ernestinium In Gotha, And It Is Symptomatic Of 19Th-Century Gerrman Intellectual Culture That He Irradiated His Fiction With Theoretical Speculation; There Is Not Kl Fiction Without A Lesson.... William N. Fischer Claims On Kl's Behalf That Many Of His Ideas Directly Prefigure Later Critics' Use Of Terms Like 'Extrrapolation' And 'Analogue'...The Seriousness Of His Didactic Impulse Can Be Seen In The Strong Emphasis He Places In His Fiction On Establishing A Plausible Imaginary World Whose Hypothetical Nature Will Be Governed, And Given Verisimilitude, By Resemblance To… Read More

Strassburg: Josef Singer, 1898. First German Edition . Printed Wrapper. Very Good. 16 pp. A nice example no chips or marks, a few very short tears at the edges of a few pages.

Frankfurt Am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimiles. 177 Pp + Index At Rear. Grey Boards With Spine Label. Near Fine, Browning To Spine Label. All Facsimiles Present. Presentation Slip Signed In Facsimile By Unseld. Ownership Signature Of American Writer William Goyen.

Frankfurt Am Main: Weidlich : Umschau-Verlag [in Komm.], 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Color And B/W Plates Throughout. 128 Pp. Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Amage. Color Or B/W Illustrations On Every Page.

Velbert- Neviges: Museum Schloss HArdenberg, 1995. First Edition . Red Boards. Fine. First Edition. Exhibition Catalog With Fine Color Photographs Of The Work.