W kaufmann edition (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

6 3/8" x 9 1/4", vi, 215 pp. Dark red cloth (which appears lighter in the scan), with titling gilt at top of spine. This gold-stamped title has now completely faded; cloth on spine and cover margins shows some age-related fading. Light wear to spine & cover edges, corners; some light tanning to page edges/margins. No dustjacket present. Very scarce, original 1940 edition of this work, printed by Ward Ritchie. Very good/. Former owner's name and date (1940) at top of front flyleaf. Presentation copy in German, written, and signed in blue ink on the titlepage, by the author: "[-] dies Buch zur Erganzung des Kurses dienen, den Sie mit so freundlichen Interesse im Sommer 1940 besuchten FW Kaufmann". This copy was presented to fellow German language student, scholar, and teacher, Corning Chisholm, who added his signature and date (Bristol, 1940) to the top of the front flyleaf (mentioned above). Scan shows the spine & front cover of the binding. This classic work was reprinted in 1970; authors covered include: Heinrich von Kleist, Franz Grillparzer, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Georg Buechner, Friedrich Hebbel, Richard Wagner (Composer), and Norwegian Dramatist Henrik Ibsen. "The book has grown out of courses in German literature given by the author at the German School of Middlebury College, at Smith College, and at Oberlin College [Oberlin, Ohio]." (From the Author's Preface, p. iv.).…