c von woltmann (12 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Full Leather. Condizione: Just Good. First Edition. Illustrated with small drawings. Brown leather tooled and decorated. Spine with raised bands ahs damage to the top edge o/w binding sound. All page edges gilt. Marbled feps removed. Several inscriptions, a PO label, and a drawing of a pelican to White Lady half title. Text generally clean but with some browning and smudges commensurate with the book's age. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book tells a timeless tale of love and loss, hope and despair, centering around a young woman coping with the sudden death of her husband. After his tragic passing, the protagonist, Bertha, remains at the family castle, haunted by her grief and strange occurrences. There, she encounters the enigmatic White Lady, a mysterious figure rumored to haunt the castle and bear an eerie resemblance to Bertha's late husband. Bertha delves deeper into the castle's history and the legend of the White Lady, leading to a journey of self-discovery and confronting the complicated nature of her ancestral legacy and its impact on both the living and the dead. Along the way, this book explores themes of love, grief, motherhood, and the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Ultimately, the author's insights offer a profound exploration into how the bonds of family and the weight of the past can shape our present, leaving readers to contemplate the enduring significance of memory and the ways in which stories can bridge the gap between life and death. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

90 + 126 pp. Illustrated from engravings. 12mo, old red leather, gilt spine; a.e.g. Old ink ownership signature; some rubbing to the extremities of the leather; tight and sound.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. W. J. Linton (illustratore). A collection of German tales, all translated into English, including Woltmann's 'The White Lady' and four tales from Caroline de la Motte Fouque. The English editions, translated from the original German to both.Illustrated with two monochrome frontispieces.Two volumes in one.A collection of five German tales split over two volumes, which have been bound together. The set includes 'The White Lady: A Romance' by C. Von Woltmann, and 'The Physician of Marseilles, The Revolutionists, etc' by the Baroness Caroline de la Motte Fouque, the wife of the famed German author, which includes four German tales such as 'Sophie Ariele', Christmas Eve, The Revolutionists' and 'Valerie'.Bound in full cloth. Bound in full cloth. Externally generally smart with fading to the spine, bumping and rubbing to the extremities, marks to the boards, heavier to the rear, rear joint starting to the head, and small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Owner's ink inscription and bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally binding slightly strained in places, otherwise firm, with lightly age toned pages with the odd spot and minor tidemarks. Good. book.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Unnamed (illustratore). A scarce first edition copy of this English translation of two famous romantic German tales, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine'. Translated into English by C L Lyttelton, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine' are two well known stories by German writers Karoline von Woltmann and Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. 'Undine' is La Motte Fouque's most notable work and is a fairy-tale in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. 'The White Lady' is a story based upon the legend of the White Lady Ghost, said to haunt castles of several European aristocratic families. Featuring a bookplate of a 'Henry Lloyd Gibbs' tipped to the front pastedown. In a lovely half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards, and endpapers. In a half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Externally, lovely with minor shelfwear to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities but very bright and clean, with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few pages. Marking to page 89 'Undine', slightly offset to facing page. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. The White Lady and Undine by C. Von. Woltmann Friedrich de la Motte Fouque Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Spine hinges beginning to crack. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Olive green end pages. Contemporary cloth binding. Translated into English by C L Lyttelton, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine' are two well known stories by German writers Karoline von Woltmann and Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. 'Undine' is La Motte Fouque's most notable work and is a fairy-tale in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. 'The White Lady' is a story based upon the legend of the White Lady Ghost, said to haunt castles of several European aristocratic families. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. The White Lady and Undine by C.L. Lyttelton (First Edition) Cocked copy with bumping and fraying to corners and spine ends. In original Cream boards with black decorations and lettering. Translated into English by C L Lyttelton, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine' are two well known stories by German writers Karoline von Woltmann and Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. 'Undine' is La Motte Fouque's most notable work and is a fairy-tale in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. 'The White Lady' is a story based upon the legend of the White Lady Ghost, said to haunt castles of several European aristocratic families. BOOK.