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2. Auflage [2nd ed.]. 225, [1] p.: 2 leaves of portraits of Einstein, 1 leaf of a facsimile of a letter from Einstein to the author; 24 cm. Original brown wrappers printed in black. Portraits of Einstein are tissue-guarded. Engraved initial letters and tail-pieces. Errata on inside of back wrapper. Published in English in 1934 as Albert Einstein: A Picture of his Life and his Conception of the World. The first and second German editions are scarce. In Good Condition: most of wrapper lacking from spine; upper corner of front wrapper creased; upper corner of back wrapper lacking; edges of wrapper chipped; front wrapper slightly soiled; stitching is going and sections are separating; 2nd portrait of Einstein detached but present; pages are clean.
Albert Einstein: Sein Lebensbild und seine Weltanschauung
Reichinstein, David
Kaunas, Lithuania: Verlag S. Glatt, 1932.
Price: $85.00
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xix, [1], 461, [3] p.: many in-text drawings and tables; 22 cm. Contemporary black sand-grain cloth with dark blue library mending cloth over spine. All page edges marbled. Reddish-brown endpapers. Bibliography, "Zur Geschichte der Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen": p. [11]-48. Small bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper for Speyer & Peters, Berlin. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library on front fixed endpaper, stamped "Discard." A book pocket on the back fixed endpaper is also stamped "Discard." The stamp of Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa., appears on the front fixed endpaper and the verso of the title page. The author, Franz Unger (1800-1870), was an Austrian doctor and botanist. His theories on plant heredity influenced the experiments on plant genetics performed by his student Gregor Johann Mendel. In Good- Condition: text block is solid but detached from binding, which forms a solid case for the text block because of the old library repair; front free endpaper detached but present; old dampstain on lower corner of first leaves; pages are otherwise clean and bright.
Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen; Mit 139 in den Text eingedruckten Holzschnitten
Unger, Franz
Pest [Hungary]: C.A. Hartleben, 1855.
Price: $85.00
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xvi, 244 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary dark blue leather with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and decoration. Center medallion on each board in relief with gilt-tooled decoration surrounding them; blind-rolled border on each board. Gilt rule on each board edge. All page edges gilt. White moire endpapers. First edition. The poems of the author, Auguste von und zu Egloffstein (1796-1862), were collected and published two years after her death. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: spine is faded; head of spine slightly rubbed; half title lightly foxed; title page slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright.
Aus einem Tagebuche: Gedichte
Egloffstein, Auguste von und zu
Weimar: Hermann Böhlau, 1864.
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Title continued: "Wobey zugleich die Eigenschaften der Geister überhaupt mit erörtert." Zweytes Stück, Dritte Betrachtung. [8], xvi, 543, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: )(4 a-b4 A-Y4 (4to). Original brown cloth spine and marbled paper over boards. The four-leaf dedication to a former mayor of Hamburg, Johann Anderson, (signed )(4 and dated May 4, 1740) is inserted following the title page. Woodcut title vignette printer's device signed C. Fritzsch sc [Christian Fritzsch (1695-1747)]. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. Druckfehler on final, unpaginated, page. In Good- Condition: the original binding is quite worn: most of cloth lacking from spine and fore-edge of front board partially lacking; pp. 193-240 (signatures 2B-2G) are detached from text block as a unit; occasional light foxing and faint dampstain at upper edge or fore-edge; otherwise clean and complete.
Ausführliche Betrachtung von den Weesentlichen Eigenschaften Gottes, auch dem Ihm daher gebührenden Dienste
Wagner, Friedrich
Hamburg, Ger.: T.C. Felginers Wittwe und Joh. Carl Bohn, 1739.
Price: $125.00
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[4], 429, [7] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 A-2C8 2D6 2E4(8vo). Full calf, rebacked in the late 19th or early 20th century. All page edges red. Gilt-tooled on back board (upside down--probably the original front board): "M:M:T:W: 1809." Armorial title vignette. Without music, as usual for German hymnals of the period. In Good Condition: leather is significantly rubbed; joints are cracked; minor old dampstaining; foxing and browning throughout; otherwise clean and solid.
Badisches Neues Gesangbuch zur Beförderung der öffentlichen und häuslichen Andacht
Karlsruhe, Ger.: Verlag dem Churfürstlichen Lycäums, 1804.
Price: $175.00
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xiii, [1], 119 p.: portrait of the author, in-text line drawings; 24 cm. Publisher's white cloth with black cover title and illustration, and black spine series identification. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, v. 9. Contents: Introduction -- Preface -- Dedicatory poems -- Bilder aus der Yuchend (Pictures of youth) -- Gnarrelecher (Knotholes) -- Riwwle -- Lewesaasichde (Philosophies of life) -- List of poems. Poems in Pennsylvania German with English summaries. In Near Fine Condition: cover very slightly soiled; spine very slightly darkened; otherwise clean and bright.
Bilder un Gedanke: a Book of Pennsylvania German Verse
Gilbert, Russell Wieder
Breinigsville, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1975.
Price: $18.50
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3 volumes: vol. 1--xv, [1], 676 p., 29 leaves of plates (some in color); vol. 2--xxiv, 680 p., 38 leaves of plates (including 1 color folded map); vol. 3--x, 551, [1] p., 18 leaves of plates, including 2 color illustrations (1 folded); 28 cm. Dark blue publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and cover titles, and cover illustration. All page edges blue. Endpapers are dark blue with a silver pattern. Striking Art Nouveau book design by Tanna Hoernes. Volumes 1 and 2 were published in 1911, volume 3 in 1912. In addition to the plates, includes many full-page and in-text illustrations and maps. Entirely in German. Vol. 1 title page has circular stamp of the Vienna Staatsarchiv Kriegsarchiv at head and "Nachlass, Mjr. Franz Schorn" written at the foot. Vol. 2 title page is stamped at the head "Österreichischer Aero-Club" with "Nachlass Hermann Hold, Wien" written above (several other pages also have the stamp of the Österreichischer Aero-Club); also on the title page is a small oval stamp of a bookseller in Vienna. In Very Good Condition: corners are bumped and rubbed; vols 1 and 2 corners are slightly frayed and back joints are starting to separate from tail; covers are slightly soiled and rubbed; one plate in vol. 2 is detached but present (lower edge creased with 1-cm. tear not touching image); otherwise pages and plates are clean and tight. A fascinating and heavily illustrated history of flight up to immediately prior to the First World War. A very heavy set that will require extra shipping.
Buch des Fluges 3 volumes
Hoernes, Hermann
Wien: G. Szelinski, k.k. Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1911.
Price: $650.00
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[4], 146 p. (pp. 135-36 is a folded plate, which is signed M2); 17 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-M6 (12mo). M2 and M3 are signed M3 and M4. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Front free endpaper bears attractively written former owner's inscription in red and black: "Andreas Kriebel, Anno Domini, 1764." First Cent. of Ger. Printing in the U.S.A., 282; Rosenbach, Children's Books, 51. The first edition of the Schwenkfelder catechism, written by Christopher Schultz. A few discreet notations and corrections in an old hand. In Very Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed; foxing; fore-edge of folded plate slightly chipped. A solid and attractive copy of this important German-language catechism.
Catechismus, oder Anfänglicher Unterricht christlicher Glaubens-Lehre; Allen Christlichen Glaubens-Schülern, jung oder alt, nöthig und nützlich sich drin zu üben
Schultz, Christopher
Philadelphia: Henrich Miller, 1763.
Price: $750.00
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"Nach vorher gegangener Collation mit denen alten Exemplarien." Also known as the Heidelberger Katechismus. [12], 288 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]6 A-U6 V6 W6 X-Y6 (12mo). Original calf spine with grey paper over boards. Title vignetter of American eagle. Numerous decorative printers' ornament borders throughtout. One former owner's name on front free endpaper in German script: Abraham Heller. Another on front free endpaper verso in English: Hans Heinz, Lehigh County, 1825. Another at head of first page of text: Mary M. Heller. Shaw & Shoemaker, 26580; First Century of German Language Printing in the US, 1881. In Good- Condition: rubbed with slight loss of leather at tail of spine; paper over boards is soiled and rubbed, with some loss; old dampstaining throughout; light pencilled marks next to many passages.
Catechismus, oder Kurzer Unterricht Christlicher Lehre, wie derselbe in denen Reformirten Kirchen und Schulen der Chur-Fürstlichen Pfaltz, auch anderwärts getrieben wird; Mit Zeugnissen der heiligen Schrift erklärt und bestätigt
Easton, Pa.: Christian Jacob Hütter, 1812.
Price: $75.00
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iv, 618, [2] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with two clasps. Five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt rules on either side of raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Christliche Glaubens-Lehre. All page edges yellow. "Aufgenommen und auf Subscription herausgegeben im Jahr unsers Herrn 1836, von D.J." Includes errata following text. The German theologian Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig (1489-1561) was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia. In his writings he opposed war, secret societies, the taking of oaths, infant baptism, and the establishment of denominations. Groups of his followers, known as Schwenkfelders, came to Pennsylvania in the 1730s, leading to the establishment of the Society of Schwenkfelders in 1782 and the Schwenkfelder Church in 1909. The author, Christopher Schultz, was a leader of the group that settled in Pennsylvania. In Very Good+ Condition: edges slightly rubbed; a few pages are significantly browned; otherwise clean and tight. Extremely scarce.
Compendium, das ist Kurze Zusammenfassung und Inbegriff derer Christlichen Glaubens-Lehren: Alles in eine fassliche Ordnung Gestellet, und mit den Haupt-Stellen heiliger Schrift, zur Bewährung eines jeden Punktes, versehen
Schultz, Christopher
Philadelphia: Schelly und Lescher, 1836.
Price: $250.00
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47 p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Black cloth spine; green paper over boards, printed in black. "In Reading zu haben bei Samuel Hechler, Buchhändler."--front cover. Endpapers included in pagination. Front cover title vignette of a sitting boy, reading a book. Title page vignette of a squirrel. Back cover has a poem with an illustration of a rooster. Includes German and English script alphabets and a multiplication table. Klinefelter, ABC Books, 184. Printed by Edwin M. Benner, who continued the printing business of his father, Enos Benner, who had died in 1860. In Good+ Condition: cloth is split over lower part of spine; cover is soiled; edges rubbed; very faint dampstain along lower edge of a few leaves; some corners lightly creased; occasional light soiling; otherwise pages are clean and tight. A very scarce mid-19th-century German ABC book from a Pennsylvania printer.
Das Neue ABC- und Buchstabir-Buch, zum Gebrauch für Deutsche Volksschulen in Pennsylvanien und Andern Staaten: für Kinder, welche anfangen zu lernen
Sumnytown, Pa.: E. M. Benner, 1861.
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Title contintued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen-getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." [8], 148, [8], 585, [43] p.: frontispiece, music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-N6 (A)-(Ddd)6 (Eee)2 (12mo). Errors in signing: I1 not signed; (N) signed N; (Mm2) signed (Mn2). Contemporary full black calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Reformiert Gesangbuch. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Red leather label on front board with gilt-tooled former owner's name, "1798" and border. Gilt-tooled chain-pattern borders on both boards; gilt-rolled edges. All page edges gilt. Yellow-and-black-patterned endpapers. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1797. Final 33 unpaginated pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Former owner inscription in German script on blank leaf following front free endpaper: "Karl Friederich Philipps Gesangbuch, Philadelphia, 1826." Early American Imprints, 32100; First Century of German Language Printing, 1090. This was the first official German Reformed hymnal printed in the United States; later editions dropped the hyphen, using the title Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesangbuch. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with some loss of gilt; edges of leather spine label chipped; most of original owner's name on front label has been rubbed out; small scrape to upper edge of front board; a few page corners creased; pages are slightly browned throughout; otherwise clean and tight.
Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesang-Buch, worinnen die Psalmen Davids samt einer Sammlung alter und neuer Geistreicher Lieder sowohl für Privat und Hausandachten
Philadelphia: Steiner und Kämmerer, und H. Kämmerer, jun., 1797.
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Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." Zweyte Auflage. [6], 148, [8], 585, [9], 26 p.: frontispiece, music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-3B8 3C4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with two clasps and six spine compartments between raised bands. Blind-ruled borders on boards. All page edges sprinkled red. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1799. Final 26 pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Pages 231 and 275 misnumbered 131 and 175. Early American Imprints, 36193; First Century of German Language Printing, 1162. In Very Good Condition: rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; clasps are intact; faint dampstain in gutter at head and at lower edge of first few leaves; 5-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 19-20 of Gesangbuch, without loss; pages are clean and tight; clasps are intact.
Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesangbuch, worinnen die Psalmen Davids samt einer Sammlung alter und neuer Geistreicher Lieder, sowohl für Privat und Hausandachten
Germantown, Pa.: Michael Billmeyer, 1799.
Price: $250.00
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127 p.: many in-text line drawings; 25 cm. Brown-and-white cloth with dark brown stamped spine title and cover title. Brown endpapers. ISBN: 3877063012. In Near Fine Condition: spine very slightly sunned; otherwise clean and bright.
Der Bucheinband: Historische und Neuartige Einbände
Wiese, Fritz
Hannover, Germany: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei, 1981.
Price: $35.00
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[8], 280 p.: many illustrations (some in brown); 23 cm. Brown morocco-grain cloth with black spine title and cover title, with black decoration on spine and front board. Blind-ruled border on back board. Blind-stamped binder's name on back board: Buchbinderei M. Göhre, Leipzig [Moritz Göhre]. Patterned endpapers. This is number 4 in the publisher's series Seemanns Kunsthandbücher. Publisher's advertisements on first 2 unpaginated pages. Advertisements for printing- and binding-related business in Leipzig and other locations in Germany on pp. 269-280. In Very Good Condition: edges lightly rubbed; a few marginal notations; otherwise clean and tight.
Der Bucheinband: Seine Technik und Seine Geschichte
Adam, Paul
Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1890.
Price: $225.00
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144 p.; 14 cm. Leather spine with marbled paper over boards. "Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler"--p. 144. Entirely tables. Translation of Daniel Fenning's The Ready Reckoner. Early American Imprints, 40824; First Century of German Language Printing, 2231; Karpinski, p. 211. In Good Condition: heavily rubbed; leather is split at joints and in the middle of the spine; lacking a small amount of leather at the ends of the spine; edges of pages are worn, with the occasional small tear, without loss of text; 2-cm. tear from gutter of pp. 71-72, with small loss of text; 2-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 143-44 without loss of text; general darkening of paper but otherwise clean. A solid copy of this scarce German-language edition of Fenning's popular book.
Der Fertige Rechner oder des Geschäftsmanns Gehülfe im Kauf und Verkauf: Nach Thalern und Cents berechnet; Nebst einigen Tabelen
Fenning, Daniel
Philadelphia, Pa.: Conrad Zentler und Georg W. Mentz, 1817.
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4 p.; 18 cm. Identified as no. 172 of an unidentified series. No date of publication. The American Tract Society was located at 150 Nassau St., the address given on p. 4, from 1833 to 1894, and again from 1899. In Very Good- Condition: two light vertical creases; creasing along edges; lower edge darkened and chipped; clean and intact. A scarce mid-19th-century German-language tract by the American Tract Society.
Der Glaubensweg eines Christen
Franke, A.H. (Augustus Hermann)
New York: American Tract Society [Amerik. Traktatsgesellschaft], 1850.
Price: $35.00
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[8], 304 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-2B6 2C2 (12mo). Contemporary half calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled decoration and title: Heiliger Krieg. Marbled paper over boards. Woodcut head-pieces and tail-pieces. Evans, 28371; Bötte & Tannhof, First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.A., 964. Translation of: The Holy War. "Nunmehro aber allen, die lieber unter Christo ein seliges, als unter dem Satan ein unseliges Leben führen wollen, im Hoch-deutschen nachgeführt." Pages 198-201 are substituted for pp. 150-153, which are lacking (this mistake in binding is found in some copies, but not all). Errors in pagination found in all copies: pp. 97-240 are misnumbered 98-241. Errors in signing found in all copies: B3 missigned B5, L3 missigned J3, N3 missigned R5, T2 missigned T3, T3 is missigned T5, U2 is not signed, and U3 is missigned U2. Small label on front free endpaper verso with initials in pencil: Mgh. Lacking frontispiece found in some copies. Otherwise in Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; corners bumped, particularly upper front corner; leather separated for 2 cm. from tail along front joint and 1 cm. across spine; light foxing and occasional soiling throughout. A solid copy of this scarce German translation of John Bunyan's The Holy War.
Der Heilige Krieg, wie derselbe geführet wird von Christo Jesu, dem ewigen und allmächtigen König, wider den Teuffel, den Fürsten der Finsterniss, um und über die menschliche Seele, beschrieben von Johannes Bunian
Bunyan, John
Baltimore: Samuel Saur, 1795.
Price: $1,650.00
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Herausgegeben von Paul Langbein, Pfarrer in Erkenbrechtsweiler. Lahr (Baden); New-York, N.Y. 63, [1] p.: illustrations, music; 27 cm. Red cloth spine and red paper over boards with color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Front fixed endpaper bears former owner's name, Hermann Walter Bär, dated Weihnachten 1908 [Christmas 1908]. His name is also on the back free endpaper. Although there is no date of publication, the foreword is dated June 1908. Contains short stories from the Bible, along with prayers, proverbs, and other short writings as well as music and words to one short song. Entirely in German. Each 2-page section is illustrated with a half-page wood engraved illustration. In Very Good- Condition: cover is slightly soiled; edges are rubbed; pastedown has small chips, and several scrapes in the lower section; a few pages have marginal soiling; otherwise pages are clean and tight. A very nicely illustrated early 20th-century German language collection of Bible stories for children.
Der Herr ist Gott: Bilder und Geschichten aus dem Leben der Könige und Propheten Ein Büchlein zum Anschauen, Lesen, Lernen und Nachdenken für Jugend und ihre Freunde
Langbein, Paul
Lahr, Ger.: Ernst Kaufmann, 1908.
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Title continued: "welchem die Ordnung des Heils, in einem Liede, in kurzen Sätzen, in Frag und Antwort, und in einer Tabelle; wie auch eine Zergliederung des Catechismus, das Würtemburgische kurze Kinder-Examen, die Confirmation und Beichte beygefüget; und etliche Lieder, Freylinghausens Ordnung des Heils, das Güldene A, B, C, der Kinder, und die Sieben Buss-Psalmen, angehänget sind zum Gebrauch der Jungen und Alten." Sechste Auflage. [4], 127, [1] p.; 14 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-D12 E6 F4 G6. 12mo. Leather spine with decorated paper over boards. Seven woodcut head pieces. First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.A., 1295. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed, with loss of paper at corners of boards and some loss of stamped pattern on paper; slight loss of leather at ends of spine; leather separating at lower joints, but still a solid copy; scattered foxing. A nice example of a scarce edition of the German Lutheran catechism popular among the German population in Pennsylvania in the colonial period and the early republic.
Der Kleine Catechismus des sel. D. Martin Luthers: Nebst den gewöhnlichen Morgen-, Tisch- und Abend-Gebeten welchem die Ordnung des Heils, in einem Liede, in kurzen Sätzen, in Frag und Antwort, und in einer Tabelle;
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1802.
Price: $150.00
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