raspe rudolph eric (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Im making a guess on date based on style and condition about 1930 nice maroon ribbed cloth cover. front hinge starting, top page edges gilt. small previous owner stamp in several places . really in very nice shape for suspected age.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover Edition thus; First Printing. Terry Gilliam, of "Monty Python" comedy ensemble fame also directed this tour de force. Free Book stamp on the ffep. Illustrated by James Victore and Joyce Houlihan. Adventures, written by Rudolph Erich Raspe in 1785, became an instant best-seller, and was hailed as a comic sensation in the satirical spirit of Gulliver's Travels and Tom Jones. Terry Gilliam has now resurrected the Baron and his comrades in entirely new adventures.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. illustrated with thirty-seven curious engravings, from the baron's own desighns, and five woodcuts by G. Cruikshank (illustratore). Undated edition. Maroon cloth boards. Inner hinges are cracked. Scuffing and marks on cover and spine. Few marks on the end papers. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. 44 Uncredited Illustrations (illustratore). Original tan cloth on boards, with red-clad soldier in black boots. Back cover soiled. 191 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. New York: Hurst & Co. clean and tight, pages are toning, .clean vintage used first Hurst & Co. edition! No publisher's date yet appears to be mid to late 19th century. Arlington Edition. Blue Decorative cloth with embossed blue lettering on the front cover bordered by black and gilt bordered blue embossed lettering on the spine. Wonderfully well-preserved! 251 unmarked and uncreased historical pages!with advertisements following /No Jacket. Illus. by Alfred Crowquill. Pictures upon request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Folding frontispiece and eight etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 12mo. [177 x 110 x 15 mm]. [1]f, viii, 144 pp. Recently bound in half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spine, lettered in gilt on a maroon label, new endleaves, uncut edges. Abbey, Life, 245. This is the second edition with Rowlandson's illustrations, preceded by Tegg's edition of 1809. Without the half-title. There is some off-setting from the plates and occasional spotting, light soiling and minor staining. It is still a good copy and has the virtue of being entirely uncut. The plates are bound together at the front, and are captioned at the head.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Good-. No Jacket. Alfred Crowquill (illustratore). First Thus. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, pages are toning, .15 written in ink on the ffep and a date in ink on the inner front cover, pages are toning, front and rear hinges are beginning to crack, small piece the size of a quarter chipped out near the top of the spine and a much smaller one near the base, overall a clean vintage used first Hurst & Co. edition! No publisher's date but appears to be mid to late 19th century. Arlington Edition. Extremely rare! Blue Decorative cloth with embossed blue lettering on the front cover bordered by black and gilt bordered blue embossed lettering on the spine. Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very scarce printing! 251 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Having heard, for the first time, that my adventures have been doubted and looked upon as jokes, I feel bound to come forward and vindicate my character for veracity, by paying three shillings at the Mansion House of this great city for the affidavits hereto appended. This I have been forced into in regard of my own honor, although I have retired for many years from public and private life; and I hope that this, my last edition, will place me in a proper light with my readers." ---- from To The Public.