Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle: Eine Holzschnittfolge zu Goethes Faust
by Paffenholz, Peter Joseph
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Gummersbach: Printed by E. Gronenberg, 1948. Second edition. Softcover. vg. Numbered and signed by the artist; numbered 192 and dated 1948. Octavo. Unpaginated, (3) 81 plates of app. 5 x 4 inches. Original beige wraps with brown lettering and publisher's device on cover. Self published by the artist Peter Joseph Paffenholz in cooperation with the printer E. Gronenberg. An extraordinary interpretation of Goethe's Faust executed in 59 bold woodcuts with captioned quotes from the drama and 21 chapter deviders. Vollmer III, 538. An impressive work by this German artist who was persecuted and interned at various times by the Nazis starting in 1933. Text in German. Wraps and block age toned, else in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42231
- Title
- Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle: Eine Holzschnittfolge zu Goethes Faust
- Author
- Paffenholz, Peter Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Printed by E. Gronenberg
- Place of Publication
- Gummersbach
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- woodcuts, German artist, nazi persecution, Goethe's Faust
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...