Search Results: STEFAN GEORGE from Varennes Books

One of 500 copies in very good+ condition of First Edition on Japanese laid paper of poetry collection by Stefan George, one of Germany's most important poets. Inspired by the French symbolist poet Mallarmé's vision of art for arts sake, George devoted himself to the production of highly refined, often hermetic, poetry for an elite audience. Gilt embossed purple linen boards. Top edge gilt. Binding intact. Slight sunning to cover. Text displays typography designed by with elegant hieratic, symbolic, decorative design combining with gothic elements with fin de siècle arts and crafts design by Melchior Lechter, (1865–1937) noted German book designer and painter closely connected with Stefan George's circle. Rare.

George, Stefan, Baudelaire: Die Blumen des Bosen. Very good copy of German 1901 Revised Second Edition of Stefan George's Translations of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. Exceptionally well preserved. Prime example the Book as a Work of Art in bright gilt stamped cloth cover and spine on handcut paper with overlapping of pure text and text which Stefan George developed along with his own type as an element of his concept of "the poetological," an approach to publishing inspired by his personal contact with the Paris circle of symbolists around Stéphane Mallarmé and the French symbolist concept of "L'art pour l'art". Some sunning to cloth boards.

Very good first edition copy in creme coloured linen cover with bright gilt titles, Some light soiling to front and back cover. Bright, clean interior. Stefan George’s collection Der Stern des Bundes [The Star of the Covenant consists of 100 poems: three "Bücher" ["Books"] comprised of three times ten poems, preceded by an "Introit" of nine poems and followed by a concluding "Chorus". It depicts, against the background of fierce and uncompromising criticism of modern society, the appearance of a divine being and the exchange between two friends attaining a mystical union. This union, their covenant, becomes the basis for a vision of renewal in society at large.Citation:Fricker, Christophe. "Der Stern des Bundes". The Literary Encyclopedia. Http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21896,

Very good copy of rare first edition of collection of poems written from 1886-1889 in original green wraps. Light fraying to edges of wraps, spine lightly worn and loose, Interior clean. 126pp.

1900 edition of first volume of series marking important moment in German Literary history. Very good first edition of Stefan George and Karl Wolfskehls' selection of Jean Paul's work published in May 1900 under the Blaetter Fuer Die Kunst imprint. Richly decorated by Jugendstil Artist Melchior Lechter'woodcuts on Japan paper. One of 400 copies. Slight creasing to corners and shelfwear. Otherwise tight copy in wraps. "In the introduction to his selection from Jean Paul's work, George argues for two centers of gravity within German Literary Tradition – one occupied by George, the other by Jean Paul. If George is the master of clarity, precision and balance, then Jean Paul provides the objects aura, colors, hues and tones. " (Paul Fleming, The Pleasures of Abandonment, Jean Paul and The Life of Humor, Konigshausen & Neumann, 2005 Artists Rights Society, (ARS) New York, BGBildKunst, Bonn. ) From Collection of Henry Church.

First edition. Volume one. Silver-stamped gray papercovered boards and spine. Text in German. Poems in translation by: Rossetti, Swinburne, Dowson, Jacobsen, Kloos, Verwey, Verhaeren. Some sunning to edges.