Anster john translation (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 1890 at title page; copyright 1890. Fine, red buckram (cloth) boards, cream spine wrap, lt. shelf wear. Cover features gilt embossed geometric design, ruled gilt accents at frt., bk., gilt stamped spine titles on relief field of oak leave. Smooth coated pages very good, clean. Gilded top edge. Red satin ribbon marker. Bind fine; back hinge reinforced. Rare with a very early example of an original protective, stiff cloth wrapper in red w/Faust embossed in gilt at spine; protected in new clear sleeve. Vignette Edition. Profusely illustrated after new drawings by Frederick J. Boston. Whimsically and intriguingly illustrated interpretations of the devilish adversary. Solid, heavy, well-built edition in rare wrapper. The Faustian legend has captured the imagination for centuries. In Goethe's Faust, the reader discovers the most famous expression of this old German tale. The classic story of a man who makes the deal with the devil and pays with his soul. The influence of this theme on literature cannot be understated. Goethe's masterpiece - and perhaps the greatest work in German literature - Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Faust, an audacious man, boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate. 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" design. Few small stamps for The John Ross Browns at endps. 360 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston, Frederick J. (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Limited Edition. Signed and limited first edition. From signed limitation page: "Edition limited to one thousand copies for England and one thousand copies for the United States, of which this is No. '641' of the English issue. 'Harry Clarke'". Rare edition from George G. Harrap. Large 8 1/4" x 10 5/8" design. Grey boards, cream vellum (leather) spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Includes eight brilliantly miasmic color plates by Harry Clarke and intriguing nouveau illustration throughout in full and partial-page designs. Highly influential renderings from the golden age of gift-book illustration in first quarter of twentieth century. Many rarities not seen elsewhere. Powerfully vivid, chiaroscuro illustrations by Harry Clarke throughout. Beautifully haunting and nighmarish renderings. Vintage rough-cut, deckled leaves, near fine; no writing. Limitation page and adjacent stuck somewhat up from gutter. Bright gilded top-edge. Haunting monochromatic pictorial endpapers in striking blue and white over black. Bind fine, some stiffness; hinges intact. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Translated into English, in the original metres, by John Anster. Printed in Great Britain for George G. Harrap and Dingwall Rock, by Walter Lewis, at the University Press, Cambridge. 255 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clarke, Harry (illustratore). Signed by Artist. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Limited Edition De Luxe. Signed and limited first edition. From signed limitation page: "Edition limited to one thousand copies for England and one thousand copies for the United States, of which this is No. '966' of the American issue. 'Harry Clarke'". Rare edition from Dingwall Rock, Limited, publishers, of New York. Large 8 1/4" x 10 5/8" design. Grey boards, cream vellum (leather) spine wrap, newly conditioned, gilt spine titles, moderate cover, corner wear, rub, some bow. Classic, simple design. Richly colored frontispiece plate: "Dearest and best, with my whole heart I love thee. p. 178". Includes eight brilliantly miasmic color plates by Harry Clarke and intriguing nouveau illustration throughout in full and partial-page designs. Highly influential renderings from the golden age of gift-book illustration in first quarter of twentieth century. Many rarities not seen elsewhere. Powerfully vivid, chiaroscuro illustrations by Harry Clarke throughout. Beautifully haunting and nighmarish renderings. Vintage rough-cut, deckled leaves very good; no writing. Bright gilded top-edge. Haunting monochromatic pictorial endpapers in striking blue and white over black. Small antiquarian bookstore label inside back cover: "bennett schneider, book seller, 213 West 47th Street, Kansas City, Mo." Bind good, stiff; front hinge reinforced. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Translated into English, in the original metres, by John Anster. Printed in Great Britain for George G. Harrap and Dingwall Rock, by Walter Lewis, at the University Press, Cambridge. 255 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clarke, Harry (illustratore). Signed by Author. Book.…