Nutcracker
by Hoffmann, E.T.A
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Neptune City, New Jersey: Paganiniana Press, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Patricia Seminara. Translated from the original French by Ascott R. Hope, and illustrated beautifully by Patricia Seminara, this being a First Edition thus and one of the three editions of Nutcracker, the original one here, the version by Alexander Dumas, and that by Tchaikowsky. Written originally by E.T.A. Hoffman in 1816. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Synopsis
Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are . In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983, Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution of arts in America. Ralph Manheim, translator of Grimm's Fairy Tales and many other works, was a renowned German-language translator.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 349966
- Title
- Nutcracker
- Author
- Hoffmann, E.T.A
- Illustrator
- Patricia Seminara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Paganiniana Press
- Place of Publication
- Neptune City, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 32mo - over 4" - 5" ta
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- E.T.A. Hoffman|The Nutcracker|Ascott R. Hope|Patricia Seminara
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