Search Results: tannhauser a dramatic poem

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: William Godwin Hard cover. Published NY: William Godwin, no date. 8vo., unpaginated, illustrated by Willy Pogany with b/w plates, drawings within the text, borders, page headers and a few monochromes. Black cloth with beveled boards, silver titles and cover design. Spine cloth chipped - binding sound, bookplate and previous owner name on pastedown. Fair to good. . Hard. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Pogany, Willy. 8vo.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: Brentano's. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Light scratch to back cover, No DJ; Gilt-decorated black cloth hardback. Unpaginated (apprx 150 pp) . Color & B&W illustrations. Epic poem. Date uncertain (ca 1910); 8vo .

NY: William Godwin, Inc., 1927. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover Book Is Good / Jacket Is None FREE upgrade to Priority Mail with Insurance Pages tight and clean!! Color illustrations nice, but have light brown spots on them and on surrounding pages. No date. Page edges are frayed on purpose, but browning. Black cover with silver drawing of naked woman - cover moderately rubbed, a little faded near edges, edges curving in. X Library which may have a protective mylar covering on DJ from day 1 Buyer Satisfaction 100% Guaranteed

London: G. G. Harrap & Co, 1911. Book has rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends, and some pale marking to front board. Gilt lettering to spine has darkened but is readable, and gilt design on front. Pages are grey, with stunning designs and illustrations, some directly on the page, and others tipped in. A really beautiful book. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Hard Back. Good.

London, Calcutta, Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. (No Date) Original black cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, mostly to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper, dated 1931; previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Rear inner hinge starting. Illust. w/ b/w drawings and 22 tipped-in plates.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Good. (1911). 1st ed Colopho. Gray cloth boards with extensive ornamentation, oversize design, color tipped in plates, Pogany was a renowned Hungarian . illustrator best known for his pen and ink drawings if myths and fables such as these in the German legend of Tannhauser, heavily fairy tale with surreal and tragic enchantment, with thick deckled gray pages. .

New York: Brentano's. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Lacks the elusive dust jacket. Rubbing to edges, corners, hinges, and spine ends. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. The front endpaper has a small abrasion, possibly from sticker removal. Pastedowns and endpapers lightly toned.; Tannhäuser, the full title being Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg, is Richard Wagner's epic, poetic, opera of the opposition of sacred, otherworldly love and profane, worldly love. The mythical character Tannhäuser is a medieval German poet and songwriter who abandons his chaste Elizabeth and descends to be with Venus in her ethereal, subterranean realm of Venusberg. Dissatisfied, he ascends to the real-worldly Wartburg. reunites with Elisabeth, enters the songwriting contest of the Minnesängers, and horrifies the staid, pious listeners with his song of earthly, sensual love. In disgrace, he repairs to Rome to do… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. LTD, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1911. First edition. Black cloth with gilt titles and decoration, very good with light rubbing to edges, slight bow to front board. Binding sound. Early bookplate to front paste down. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

London:: G. G. Harrap & Co.,, [1911].. First trade edition.. publisher's gilt full morocco, t.e.g.. Leather slightly rubbed at corners and joints; tight and sound; contents fine.. Large 8vo,. Illustrated throughout by Willy Pogany..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1911. First edition thus; from colophon: "The Letterpress and Illustrations Lithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Sons Ltd., London, and the colour plates by Henry Stone and Son Ltd. Banbury. A.D. MCMXI". Oversize 8" x 11 1/4" design. Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston. Grey cloth boards w/elaborate ornamentation and design, some shelf, corner wear, rub. Spine titles rubbed. Thick deckled pages very good; vintage name at endp. Small color plate set in to multi-color frontispiece illustration. Detailed imagery in subdued blue, sienna and beige hues at front, back endps. Fine string-bind good; hinges intact. Elaborate, profuse, symbolical and complexly illustrated edition by Willy Pogany. Seventy glorious monochromatic designs throughout w/flourishing borders, accents, colors; some chiaroscuro among other varied methods. Contains fifteen tipped-in colour lithograph plates (one removed). Although other… Read More

London: G. G. Harrap and Co., (n.d.). Hardcover, 7 1/2 x 10", black cloth binding with gilt design and title lettering to front board and spine, no dust jacket, unpaginated and untrimmed, 12 color plates, 10 b/w plates, light extremity wear otherwise a very good + copy.A dramatic poem by Richard Wagner [1813 - 1883], freely translated in poetic narrative form by T. W. Rolleston, and presented by Willy Pogany. The story centers on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love, a theme running through most of Wagner's mature work.

London: G. G. Harrap & Co. 1911. 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's original gilt-decorated grey cloth. Wear to spine ends with small tear to cloth near head of spine. Spine gilt dulled. Ink mark to one plate. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on heavy grey stock. Two-colour illustrations & decorations to each leaf. Tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogany. Now protected in a clear archival wrapper. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1911.

London: George G. Harrap, 1911. Very Good. Willy Pogany. Illustrated by Pogany.burgundy yapped leather with gold gilt is in far nicer condition than is normally found as this book is still in the original box that it came in more than a century ago.the box is worn and has been repaired but it has largely protected the covers of this lovely book and the gilt is bright and the edges are only slightly worn. internally the book is complete with 16 tipped in plates. there is a previous owner's neat signature and the binding is excellent. the hinges have been neatly repaired. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company (No Date) Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration to front cover. Top edge gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine darkened. Illust. w/ 16 tipped-in color plates, and numerous drawings. Contents nice.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good or Better/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Willy Pogany. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London; G. G. Harrap; 1911.. First Edition in this form: Demy 4to; pp. (108) unpaginated; decorated endpapers, tipped-in small frontispiece,16 tipped-in coloured plates, each page decorated in orange, green or black lithographs, bound in original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, stamped decoration to upper board in gilt, blue and black, corners bumped, cloth dulled, good copy.