Der Struwwelpeter Slovenly Peter by Hoffmann Heinrich (12 results)

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

/EPC, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Near Fine without jacket, no names, straight, tight, clean. thin smuge on back see jpg. Picture Book hardback ?A faithful copy of the original" with the pleasing tones of the old hand-colored illustrations. Many of the pages are not coloured. A compilation with additional stories. ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Search ABE Keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping. /EPC, illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition (stated) Pictorial paper-covered boards good, wear and exposure to corners, spine mostly detached and repaired with household tape; tear to rear free endpaper, else contents very good. No dust wrapper. 320 grams.

1/4 Red Morocco. Condition: Nearly Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Glassine Cover. Limited Edition. Color-ilustrated cloth boards are fine. The red morocco spine is lettered in gilt, which remains quite bright. Several minor areas of rubbing lower spine and front joint. A very clean and crisp copy. The glassine cover is chipped at base of spine and 1" piece missing bottom of rear panel. The chemise is very lightly worn, small tear at bottom 1/2" of front joint and spine gently sunned. The custom box shows minor wear, with a scuff at bottom rear panel. Translated into English jingles from the original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann by Mark Twain, with Dr. Hoffmann's illustrations adapted from the rare first edition by Fritz Kredel. Printed by the Marchbanks Press in New York for the LEC. Foreward by Clara Clemens, Twain's daughter. This is copy #113/1500, a limited edition. The illustrations were produced through stencils, and colored by hand. Twain originally translated the book in 1891 while in Berlin. First published as "Struwwelpeter" in 1845. 34pp. Size: Quarto.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Hardcover with red leather spine with gilt lettering; boards covered in color pictorial cloth; 36 pages; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500. Book in fine condition: lower back corner is slightly bumped, otherwise like new. Book is with a hard portfolio cover bound in blue velvety cloth; in good condition only with spine faded and splitting along spine edge. Slipcase in good plus condition with some fading and modest wear. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dr. Hoffmann (illustrator). 4to. Pictorial cloth. 34pp. Color illustrations. #1012 of 1500 numbered copies. Translated by Mark Twain. Very good in original glassine dust jacket. In worn original slipcase.

DELUXE FIRST EDITION 1917 (date printed on title page), 192 x 153 mm, 7½ x 6 inches, navy blue cloth over card, cut flush, gilt decorated and lettered on upper cover, black rules also to upper cover, no pagination (11 pages of text). Green floral border to title page, 13 pages of line drawings, most with more than 1 subject, by Edward Waldo Emerson. These are based on the Hoffmann originals but completely redrawn. 9 'handwritten' stories. Near Fine excellent copy. Preface states that translation was made by the daughter of a friend of Emerson's who gave him a copy for his children. When the children grew up they wrote it down from memory for the next generation and Edward illustrated it. These stories were originally published in a book called Favourites of a Nursery and this is the first separate printing. It contains: Slovenly Peter (Fie! naughty wild and Slovenly Peter!/I fear he never will be neater./For many many many weeks/No water has been near his cheeks;.'); Cruel Frederic; The Wild Huntsman; Pauline and the Matches; The Blackamoor; Rocking Philip; Young William (alias Augustus); Johnny Look-in-the-Air; Flying Robert. Baumgartner I, IV,7; Ruhle No. 177. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Original Printed Boards. Condition: Fair. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Much of spine loose; quarter of spine missing.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #1007/1500. Quarto, 34 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter red leather and pictorial cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Housed in publisher's Good navy blue slip case, moderately scuffed and torn along its edges and corners. Also protected by navy blue cloth folding enclosure with heavily worn gilt lettering to heavily faded spine. Minor wear to head and tail of book's spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's photograph adhered to front free endpaper. Textblock uncut at top edge. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 14. 1379289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Translated into English jingles from the original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, by Mark Twain. With Dr. Hoffmann's illustrations, adapted from the rare first edition, by Fritz Kredel. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Marchbanks Press. Red morocco backed pictorial cloth in chemise and slipcase. Quarto. 34pp. Number 891 of 1500. Uncut. Book itself in v. good condition. Chemise and slipcase are in good to fair condition, with some wear, rubbing, and discoloration; glassine wrapper, excellent.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (illustrator). Limited Edition; First Printing. A beautiful Special Limited edition/ first printing in Fine condition, being # 1436 of only 1500 made for the members of The Limited editions Club in 1935. Printed on French-folded sheets. Decorative cloth, red morocco shelfback (BAL #3555) Illustrations are very bright, pages show only very little browning. While the original navy cloth slipcover shows considerable wear and tear with bumped corners and spine pulling away from boards, the book itself is exceptionally collectible and scarce in this condition; In the foreword of this limited edition, Twain's daughter Clara explains the circumstances under which her father decided to translate into English the classic German children's book Der Struwwelpeter. Twain was intrigued by the jingles and illustrations about unruly children penned by general practitioner Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann and decided to very loosely "Americanize" the antics of the thumbsucking boy and the match playing little girl. Both Dr. Hoffmann and Twain recognized the dark side of childhood that only another child, whether German or American, can recognize. Basis for Off-Broadway play titled "Shock Headed Peter" in 2003; 4to.

Translated into English jingles from the Original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann by Mark Twain. With Dr. Hoffman's Illustrations, Adapted from the Rare First Edition, by Fritz Kredel. Folio, publisher's quarter morocco and cloth illustrated in color, in glassine wrapper and publisher's chemise and slipcase. First edition; No. 498 of 1500 copies. A very fine copy. The gold-lettered spine of the chemise is slightly sunned and with a 1/2" split at the top of one joint; and there is slight use and sunning to the slipcase.