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18911. Balzac. Vater Goriot. Roman. München: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 1960, no date, around, 340pp., small PAPERBACK, very good old paperback, some foxing, previous owner's name, $3.5
Gelbe Taschb. 984/985.


29206. Barojo, Pio. Der Baum der Erkenntnis. Roman. Aus dem Spanischen übertragen von Wolfgang Halm. München: Winkler, 1963, 309pp., very good yellow cloth, $35
Original title was: El arbol de la ciencia.


4169. Boccaccio, Giovanni di. Das Dekameron. Übertragung und Einleitung von Albert Wesselski. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1912, 11.- 20. Tausend, 2 volumes, 608, 650pp., very good brown cloth with gold spine decorations, in very good box, previous owner's name, $35
Compare the traditional, clear poetry translation at the end of the third day, pp. 422-23 to Däubler's more mysterious version in the 1928 edition of this translation, pp. 359-60.


4162. Boccaccio, Giovanni di. Das Dekameron. Übertragung von Albert Wesselski, Nachschöpfung der Gedichte von Theodor Däubler, Einleitung von André Jolles. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1928, 26.- 42. Tausend, 1026pp., dust-jacket with small strip, 1mm missing at top of spine, and short tear at bottom, very good black cloth, with red and gold decorations, $25
Dünndruckausgabe. .


18974. Boccaccio, Giovanni di / Däubler, Theodor. Das Dekameron. Übertragung von Albert Wesselski. Nachschöpfung der Gedichte von Theodor Däubler. Einleitung von André Jolles. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1921, 21.-30. Tausend, xcv, 1026pp. 18 cm, good flexible red cloth, worn at top of spine and around edges, $20
.


19343. Brodkey, Harold. Unschuld: Nahezu klassische Stories. Band 1. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Karin Graf, Dirk van Gunsteren, Thomas Piltz, Angela Praesent, Susanna Rademacher, Harry Rowohlt, Hans Wollschläger. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1990, later printing, 456pp. 21 cm, very good hardcover with transparent dust-jacket, $15
. ISBN 3498005359


24626. Bromfield, Louis. New Yorker Legende. Roman. Übertragung von Hedwig von Wurzian. Zürich: Verlag der Arche, 1950, 191pp., very good dark red cloth, spine a bit faded, $7
.


18593. Calderon, Ventura Garcia. Peruanisches Feuerwerk. Sieben Erzählungen. Übersetzung von Gisela Pape. München: Edition Langewiesech-Brandt, 1961, 2. Auflage, 95pp., very good small white paper-covered boards, $12
Text in Spanish and German on facing pages.


18897. Chaucer. Canterbury Geschichten. Auswahl von Arno Esch. Fr/M: Fischer Bücherei, 1961, Erstmalig in der Fischer Bücherei, 210pp., small PAPERBACK, good old paperback, slight wear, previous owner's name, $3.5
.


18449. Colette. Mein Elternhaus. Übersetzung aus dem Französischen von Erna Redtenbacher. Berlin: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1929, 1.- 8. Tausend, 231pp., very good small blue cloth, spine and cover faded, some foxing, $12
.


18953. Crichton, Michael. Die Gedanken des Bösen. Ein Science-Thriller. Deutsch von Alfred Hans. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1993, 441pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, used copy, $6
. ISBN 3499133253


18907. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary [text in German]. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1961, 285pp., small PAPERBACK, very good old paperback, previous owner's name, $5
TEXT IN GERMAN.


18448. Gorki, Maxim. Ein Sommer. Roman. Übersetzung aus dem Russischen von August Scholz. Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1926, 190pp., very good small red cloth, spine faded, foxing on endpapers, $20
.


18906. Gorki, Maxim. Die Mutter. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1958, later printing, 280pp., small PAPERBACK, very good old paperback, $3.5
.


29209. Gulbranssen, Trygve. Und ewig singen die Wälder. Roman. Berechtigte Übersetzung von Ellen de Boor. München: Albert Langen / Georg Müller, 1935, 131.-140. Tausend, 256pp., very good gray cloth with black and green titles, $7
Translated from the Norwegian Och bakom synger skogene.


22357. Jammes, Francis, 1868-1938. Der baskische Himmel. Ein kleiner Roman. Hellerau: Jakob Hegner, 1926, 165pp., very good dust-jacket, a bit worn and soiled around edges, very good small flexible orange cloth, some light foxing, previous owner's name: Käte Kransel [?], $15
Translated from the French. Dust-jacket text enthusiastically claims: it "zeigt ihn von neuem in seiner ganzen entzückenden Kindllichkeit, Glaubensinnigkeit und unnachahmlichen Anmut: ein Auge, in dem sich ein unverlornes Paradies spiegelt." A favorite author of Hegner who published and translated him.


18594. Joyce, James. Dublin. Novellen. Deutsch von Georg Goyert. Basel: Rhein-Verlag, , no date, Erste Auflage, 310pp., very good yellow sewn paper wraps, cover a bit soiled, some edgewear, $75
.


34961. Kokoris, Jim. Nie im Leben : Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Margarethe van Pée. München, Zürich: Diana-Verlag, 2003, 398pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, with vertical fold mark starting on spine at about page 188, $7
Translation into German of 'The rich part of life.". ISBN 3453869745


33182. Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747. Geschichte des Gil Blas von Santillana. Nach dem Französischen des Le Sage. Deutsche Übertragen von D. Barrasch. Mit Holzschnitten nach Jean Gigoux. Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, 1923, 441, 462pp., two volumes, very good paper-covered boards, covering chipped at bottom of spines and along spine, coffee stains on rear endpaper of one volume, otherwise good clean, solid copies, $17
Einband von Hugo Steiner-Prag. Series: Werke der Weltliteratur. Author: Alain René Le Sage (1668-1747).


35132. Leon, Donna, 1942-. Three Commissario Brunetti novels in German: Venezianisches Finale (1). Sanft entschlafen (6). Nobiltà (7). Aus dem Amerikanischen von Monika Elwenspoek. Zurich: Diogenes, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2000, 345, 336, 300pp., small PAPERBACKS, three volumes, very good lightly used copies, Venezianisches Finale good used copy with fold marks starting on spine, $7.5
detebe 22780, 23139, 23260.


35130. Leon, Donna, 1942-. Sanft entschlafen. Commissario Brunettis sechster Fall. Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Monika Elwenspoek. Zurich: Diogenes, 2000, 336pp., small PAPERBACK, very good lightly used copy, $5
detebe 23139. ISBN 3257231393


35129. Leon, Donna, 1942-. Venezianisches Finale. Commissario Brunettis erster Fall. Roman. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Monika Elwenspoek. Zurich: Diogenes, 1995, 345pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy with light vertical marks on spine from opening, $5
detebe 22780. ISBN 3257227809


25770. Lessing, Doris. Vergnügen. Erzählungen. Deutsch von Adelheid Dormagen. München: DTV, 1985, 2. Auflage, 262pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, $5
dtv 10327. ISBN 3423103272


28481. Lessing, Doris, 1919-. Martha Quest. Roman. Deutsch von Karin Kersten und Iris Wagner. München: dtv, 1985, 406pp., small PAPERBACK, very good, $5
.


28482. Lessing, Doris, 1919-. Eine richtige Ehe. Roman. Deutsch von Karin Kersten und Iris Wagner. München: dtv, 1986, 459pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, laid in: SIGNED 14-line handwritten postcard from artist Gisela Breitling. $225
Cover drawing of the book by Gisela Breitling. Handwritten postcard featuring her own 1983/84 self-portrait laid in with reference to the cover art. ISBN 3423106123


7934. Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Das Leben der Bienen. Translated into German by Friedrich v. Oppeln-Broikowski. Jena: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1905, 3te Auflage, 263pp., worn and scuffed blue cloth, two deep cut dents in rear cover penetrating through to last few pages, otherwise a sound and solid reading copy, nice library bookplate, gift with no other markings, $12
.


28723. Maugham, W. Somerset, 1874-1965. Fata morgana. Gesammelte Erzählungen X. Zürich: Diogenes, 1976, 227pp., small PAPERBACK, very good used copy, light wear on spine from previous reading, $5
Diogenes Taschenbuch 20340. TEXT IN GERMAN. ISBN 3257203403


18571. Maurois, André, 1885-1967. Ariel oder das Leben Shelleys. Übertragen von Karl Lerbs. Leipzig: Insel, no date, around 1930, 290pp., very good but faded blue cloth, $12
Translation of: Ariel. ou, La vie de Shelley. Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822.


6753. Pirandello, Luigi. Der Mann, das Tier und die Jugend. Ein Gleichnis in drei Akten. Deutsch von Paul Prina und Max Buchhein. Berlin: Alf Häger Verlag, 1925, 124pp., red cloth, pages very brittle and cracking, endpaper detached, reading copy only, previous owner's bookplate: S.R., $6
.


30381. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Novellen. Aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Hedwig Loewe. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, no date, around 1898, 1898, 113pp., very good small green decorated cloth, attractive Jugendstil cover, $150
Meyers Volksbücher. Contents: Einleitung - Im Strudel des Malstroms - Die Mordtaten in der Rue Morgue - Der entwendete Brief - Die schwarze Katze. This translation may have appeared as early as 1881. The translator Hedwig Loewe (1869-1956) may be the mother of meteorologist and polar explorer Fritz Loewe, though I am unable to confirm this.


27340. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Phantastische Erzählungen. Deutsch von Günther Steinig, eingeleitet von Georg Kartzke. Leipzig: Dietrich, 1953, xxxiv, 315pp., very good small black cloth, with previous owner's bookplate: Sidney and Muriel Brody, SIGNED by Georg Kartzke under his name on copyright page, and INSCRIBED in same hand on front endpaper: Der lieben Bertha mit schönsten Pfingstgrüßsen, Erna und Georg / Berlin 1954.. $65
Sammlung Dietrich, Bd. 148. Possibly a later printing: Druck: Oswald Schmidt III/18/65. Kartzke provides a substantial 27pp introduction. Kartzke(b. 1883) had done a Berlin dissertation on Renaissance english literature, was around 1912 Oberlehrer in the Oberrealschule Rixdorf, also had a Ph.D. from Yale, and published a book on the American school system in 1928. There is material on him in the archives of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Poe's tales with Kartzke's introduction is, amazingly enough, still in print.


18596. Reymont, W. St.. Die Bauern. Ein Roman in vier Jahreszeiten. Berechtigte Übersetzung aus dem Polnischen von Jean Paul d'Ardeschah. Jena: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1929, 14.-19. Tausend, 671, 801pp., two volumes, very good blue cloth, but both volumes faded around the edges, $25
.


4916. Ruiz de Alarcón, Juan, 1580-1639. Mantel und Degen. 9 Komödien. Von Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.. Aus dem Spanischen übertragen von Kurt Thurmann. (Mit einem Nachwort von Martin Franzbach.). München, Winkler, (1969), 717 p., front. 20 cm., very good dust-jacket very good red cloth, $35
.


33472. Saint-Amand, Edris. Sonne und Schatten über Haiti. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Vilma Fritsch. Zürich: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1955, 285pp., dust-jacket with a few chips and tears, very good red cloth, $15
Translation of Bon Dieu rit. 4-page foreword by translator Fritsch.


18912. Stendhal. Rot und Schwarz. München: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 1959, 413pp., small PAPERBACK, usable reading copy, old paperback, some wear, some foxing, previous owner's name, $5
Gelbe Taschenb. 380/381.


20075. Tolstoi, Leo. Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch. Erzählung. Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1965, no date, around, 78pp., very good small brown cloth, previous owner's name, $10
Parnass-Bücherei, Nr. 15.


3243. Tolstoi, Leo. Und das Licht scheinet in der Finsternis. Drama. Translated by August Scholz. Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag, G.m.b, 1912, no date circa [1912], 120pp. 19 cm., very good white Pappband, previous owner's bookplate and name: Ernst Clemens Benda, $40
.


8668. Vercors, 1902-1991. Das Schweigen (Le silence de la mer). Novelle. Zürich: Oprecht, 1945, 61pp., very good small gray paper-covered boards, light offsetting to several pages from printing process, $15
.


20067. Villon, Francois. Das grosse Testament. München: Winkler-Verlag, 1966, 243pp., very good dust-jacket, very good brown cloth, in slipcase, bookplate reads: Sonderausgabe für die Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, previous owner's name, $30
.


7909. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Der schwarze Traum. Roman. Fr/M: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1964, later printing, 463pp., dust-jacket with minor wear, front panel soiled, very good light blue cloth, $12
.