Letteratura

Cosmopolis,

Croft-Cooke, Rupert, · 1933 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

europäische Erstausgabe, Hamburg / Paris / Bologna, The Albatross Verlag / The Albatross Press (= The Albatross Modern Continental Library Volume 88), 1933, 8°, 280 S., Text: englisch, illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Vorderdeckel mit dem Ansatz einer Knickspur, Buch...

Der Krieg mit den Molchen - Roman, aus dem Tschechischen von Eliska Glaserová,

Capek, Karel, · 1970 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€30.00 ($33.06 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

deutsche Taschenbuch Erstausgabe, Zürich, Ullstein (= Ullstein Taschenbuch Band 2795), 1970, 8°, 186 S., illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Einband am und zum Buchrücken hin mit Wasserrandspuren, Buchrücken an unterer Kante leicht bestoßen, Buchrückenkanten teils minimal...

The Rainbird Pattern,

Canning, Victor, · 1972 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York, Award Books (= AD 1294), 1972, 8°, 250 S., Rundumgelbschnitt, Text: englisch, original Kartonage (Paperback), Einbandkanten teils minimal beschabt, altes Preisschildchen auf Rückdeckel, sonst gutes, sauberes Exemplar. The novel was adapted by writer Ernest Lehman int...

El Senor de los Anillos, Band I (1): La Comunidad del Antilo / Band II (2): Las Dos Torres / Band III (3): El Retorno del Rey, 3 Bände (= alles), aus dem Engl. in das Spanische von Matilde Horne und Luis Domenech,

Tolkien, John R. R., · 1980 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Mischauflage, Barcelona, Ediciones Minotauro, 1980, 8°, 579 S. mit einer Ausklappkarte / 496 S. / 426 S., Text: spanisch, original Leineneinbände (Hardcover) mit original Schutzumschlägen, Schutzumschläge im Randbereich teils minimal beschabt, Schutzumschlag von Band 1 mit zwe...

Walt Disneys Lustiges Taschenbuch LTB 459: Der Fluch der Farben, blau, blaue Ausgabe,

Disney, Walt, · 2014 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Stuttgart, EHAPA-Verlag (= LTB Nr. 237), 2014, 8°, 254 S. mit farbigen Comic-Darstellungen, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), der Einband nur minimal knickspurig, sonst aber ein schönes, sauberes Exemplar OHNE Rückenfältchen, Besitzervermerke, Eselsohren etc. in...

Feuer im Grasland - Roman, aus dem Japanischen von Oscar Beul und G. S. Dombrady,

Ooka, Shohei, · 1959 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€30.00 ($33.06 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

deutsche Erstausgabe, Stuttgart, Henry Goverts Verlag, 1959, 220 S., Kopfgrauschnitt, original Leineneinband (Hardcover), ohne Schutzumschlag, Schnitt minimal fleckig, sonst gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Ooka Shohei (1909 - 1988) Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nor...

Tief unten, aus dem Französischen von Victor Henning Pfannkuche,

Huysmans, Joris-Karl, · 1972 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

Köln, Ullstein (= Ullstein Taschenbuch Band 2856), 1972, 8°, 220 S., farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Buchrückenkanten teils minimal beschabt, untere Ecke des Vorderdeckels zart bestoßen, ein winziges Fleckchen am rechten Rand des Vorderdeckels, sonst schönes, ...

Beauty in Thorns,

Forsyth, Kate, · 2018 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,224)

North Sydney, NSW, Australia, Penguin Random House (= A Vintage book), 2018, 8°, 465 S., Text: englisch, illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar, wohl ungelesen Sprache: Englisch. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Mu...

Frankfurter Märchenschatz - Märchen und märchenhaften Geschichte, aus vielen Quellen geschöpft, herausgegeben und teilweise ganz neu erzählt von Helmut Bode, mit Bildern von Trude von Güldenstubbe,

Bode, Helmut, · 1979 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Erstausgabe, Frankfurt am Main, Waldemar Kramer Verlag, 1979, 8°, 320 S. mit einigen s/w-Abbildungen, farbig illustr. original Pappband, kleine Widmung auf Titelseite, sonst schönes, sauberes und wohl auch ungelesenes Exemplar, Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main ...

Murder on Safari

Huxley, Elspeth · 1988 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

J. M. Dent & Sons First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Dent, 1988, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 203pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Lord and Lady Baradale, on a posh safari in Kenya, anticipate splendid photo trophies for their luxurious labors. But rather ...

Murder At Government House

Huxley, Elspeth · 1987 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dent First edition, trade softcover. Published London: Dent, 1987, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 231pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Life at Government House in the African colony of Chania seems relaxed and booming though Olivia Brandeis, a young anthropologist, senses ...

Jackson's Dilemma

Murdoch, Iris · 1997 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Penguin Books Third printing. Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1997. 8vo. wrappers, 249pp. Very good. In a psychological drama, a mysterious and charismatic English butler derails the marriage of his master, a young aristocrat, and his fiance+a7e, sending them b...

Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns

Mann, Thomas · 1968 · The Wild Muse

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Books Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1968 reprinted 1982. 8vo. wrappers, 331pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Thomas Mann, fascinated with the concept of genius and with the richness of German culture, found in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the embodime...

Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years (Vintage International)

Mann, Thomas · 1992 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Vintage Trade softcover. Published NY: Vintage, 1992. 8vo. wrappers, 384pp. Very good. Recounts the enchanted career of the con man extraordinaire Felix Krull--a man unhampered by the moral precepts that govern the conduct of ordinary people. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 4...

Dubin's Lives (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

Malamud, Bernard · 1994 · The Wild Muse

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Penguin Books Fourth printing. Trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. wrappers, 400pp. Very good. Dubin is middle-aged, a distinguished biographer seeking increased accomplishment and the key to his inner feelings. His marriage is stable if unexciting, and ...

Germinie Lacerteux (Classics)

Edmond De Goncourt; Jules .De Goncourt · 1984 · The Wild Muse

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Penguin Books First edition, trade softcover. Published UK: Penguin Books, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 170pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing UK 8vo 176

Ah King and Other Stories

Maugham, W. Somerset · 1986 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford University Press First edition, trade softcover. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 339pp. Near fine. Set in Malaya, this collection of short stories brilliantly captures the essence of colonial life. Maugham paints a keen ...

Babbitt (Modern Library Classics)

Lewis, Sinclair · 2002 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Modern Library First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Modern Library, 2002, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xx+404pp. Near fine. In the fall of 1920, Sinclair Lewis began a novel set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his ...

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

Wharton, Edith · 2007 · The Wild Muse

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

NYRB Second printing. Trade softcover. Published NY: NYRB, 2007. 8vo. wrappers, xxviii+452pp. Presentation card taped inside front cover, light staining on bottom edge of last 10 sheets, else near fine. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city...

The Works of The Earl of Rochester

Rochester, J. · 1995 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wordsworth Editions Ltd First edition, trade softcover. Published UK:Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, lxix+256pp. Age toning to paper. Very good. Much of Rochester's work remained unpublished for many years, as it was considered too sexually bold...