Faust: Eine Tragodie von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Erster Theil. Illustrirt in 50 Compositionen von Alexander Liezen Mayer...mit Ornamenten von Rudolf Seitz
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/N/A
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Munich, Germany: Theodor Stroefer's Kunstverlag Book. VG-. Decorative Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Light brown faux-morocco cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, black, gray, and burgundy, beveled edges, all text block edges in gilt. Modest shelf wear with cloth rubbed at spine extremities and at least minor exposure at all four corners (a bit more prominent on front corners). Small ink stain on upper front cover. Hinges mostly intact though with a bit of wobble, text binding firm, interior clean beyond two former owners' signatures (dated 1920 and 1940) on upper main title. Early leaves show light dampstain along a short portion of bottom margins nearest binding. 254 pp., illus. w/ 9 engraved plates with tissue guards, additional woodcuts, decorative borders on all text pages..
Synopsis
Goethe’s Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction. A.S. Byatt's preface considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and its influence on modern literature Includes an introduction by the translator, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, explanatory notes, and an addendum on the writing of Faust
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038455
- Title
- Faust: Eine Tragodie von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Erster Theil. Illustrirt in 50 Compositionen von Alexander Liezen Mayer...mit Ornamenten von Rudolf Seitz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Publisher
- Theodor Stroefer's Kunstverlag
- Place of Publication
- Munich, Germany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Language; Imprints & Bindings;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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