Deutsche Maler und Zeichner im neunzehnten Jarhrhundert.
Leipzig: Insel, 1911. First edition. Vellum over boards. Octavo, pp. 241, richly illustrated w/ b/w reproductions. beautiful copy. More
Leipzig: Insel, 1911. First edition. Vellum over boards. Octavo, pp. 241, richly illustrated w/ b/w reproductions. beautiful copy. More
Berlin: Erich Reiss Verlag, ca 1925. Limited edition, #64 of 300. White Leather (vellum) over Decorative Boards w/inlaid plate on cover. 12 mo (3 1/2 X 5), pp. 160, illustrated w/engravings ("mit 10 Radierungen von Charlotte Christine Engelhorn"), text in German. Ex-lib Lotte Jacobi, wife of the publisher Erich Reiss..... More
Berlin: Schocken, 1933/1934. First edition. Original Wraps. 12 Mo, pp. 132. Selections from Schocken Judaica publications, with authors including Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka, Gerhard [later Gershom] Scholem, S.J. Agnon. More
Berlin: Schocken, 1935-1939. First edition. Original Wraps. 12 Mo, pp. 180, 185, 177, 153. Selections from Schocken Judaica publications, with authors including Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka, Gerhard [later Gershom] Scholem, S.J. Agnon, Leo Baeck, Chajjim Nachman Bialik [sic], N.N. Glatzer, Heinrich Graetz. More
Hamburg: Das Schach-Archiv, 1971. First edition. Decorated Boards. octavo. 233 pp. theoretical background plus 111 matches. black and white illustrated. text in German. More
Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1973. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 462, richly illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs and reproductions, glossy paper. Scarce in US, a nicely illustrated book. More
Dresden: Emil Weises Buchhandlung, 1937. First edition. Original Red Embossed Cloth. Octavo, pp. 394, illustrated w/30 color plates. Scarce. Nice copy of first edition. More
Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1913. Limited edition, #19 of 350. Original leather w/gilt design, designed by W. Thiemann. Octavo, pp. 34. ex-library of Lotte Jacobi, wife of the book's publisher Erich Reiss. An archive copy from the publisher. More
Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1911. First edition. Full Leather, embossed, with gilt lettering. Octvo, pp. 103. ex-library of Lotte Jacobi, wife of publisher Erich Reiss. More
Vienna: Braumüller, 1872. First edition. Hard Cover. 8° (Octavo), pp. XX, 250 mit einer Faltkarte und diversen Illustrationen. Einband bestoßen und beschabt, innen ein wenig stockfleckig und lichtgebräunt, sehr fest und in einem sehr guten Gesamtzustand. Widmung auf 1. Bl, sehr schönes ex libris, aus Privatbibliothek. übersetzt und mit Einleitung..... More
Warnsdorf, Czechoslovakia: Verlag Ed. Strache, 1928. First edition. Leather over Marbled Boards with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Quarto, pp. approx. 400 (12 issues, pp. 30-40 each). Richly illustrated with b/w and color photos, drawings, and prints. Text in German. A rare, remarkable set of the first 12 issues of this..... More
Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1919. Limited edition, #70 of 70. Original silver grey silk! (expertly rebacked). Quarto, pp. nn ca 40, with original etchings by Karl Walser, all signed by the artist. Fifth Prospero Druck; ex library Lotte Jacobi, wife of publisher Erich Reiss. This was the Archivsexemplar of the publisher..... More
Munich: Verlag Dr. Schroeder, 1922. Limited edition, #231 of 520. Leather over Decorated Boards in slipcase. Quarto, pp. 129, original woodcuts by BrunoGoldschmidt. A beautiful piece of bookmanship; the wood engravings are exceedingly subtle, the typography and illustrations masterfully integrated. More
Wiesbaden: Limes, n.d. ca 1970. original illustrated wraps. Octavo, pp. 167, contains the works of many different artists (A. Andersch, J. Becker, R. Döhl, E. Gomringer, L. Harig, H. Heißenbüttel, E. Jandl, F. Mayröcker, F. Mon, A. Schmidt, T. Ulrichs, I. & P. Garnier, K. B. Schäuffelen, and more), illustrated..... More
Berlin: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1928. First edition. Original Cloth, but professionally rebacked. Octavo, pp. 637, indexed. Bearing the warm inscription by Wolf to Jacobi dated 1929, as "mistress of the light", the copy of Wolf's handbook on holistic medicine was especially important to Jacobi during her entire life. Wolf was an..... More
Munich: Dokumentation, 1969. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 475. More
Freyberg: Craz, 1796-1797. First edition. Period Half-Leather. 12 Mo (4 x 6), pp. vii, 598. Very scarce, nice copy, contemporary commentary on Kant's work on free will. More
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1846. Second edition. Marbled Paper over Boards, Paper label to spine. Octavo, pp. 359. A ground-breaking work, describing physical and emotional complications of "Melancholie" (i.e. depression), loss of memory, and creativity, mental illnesses and other forms of 'madness.'. More
Stuttgart: Enke, 1897. Later printing. Half-Leather over marbled boards, marbled endpaper. Large Octavo, pp. 634, indexed. Important text by the pioneering author of Psychopathia Sexualis, nice edition. Uncommon in Europe or America. More
Cinncinati: Verlegt von L. Swormstedt & A. Poe, 1857. First edition. Original Cloth. 12 mo (4 X 6), pp. 235. Rare American/German imprint. More
Staplebound Wraps (separate offprint). Octavo, pp. 31, text in German. uncommon. More
Hannover: Paul Steegemann Verlag, 1921. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 30, text in German. from the library of Max Adler, an important German historian. Very obscure and scarce title, which appeared anonymously, but was attributed to Franz Blei. Now it is known to have been authored by both Blei..... More
Berlin: 1938. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 251 with dozens of b/w photographs. Scarce. Business history of the firm that manufactures Vorta batteries. The fiftieth anniversary unfortunately fell in 1938 and was tainted by Nazism, which is reflected in some of the images. More
Frankenthal: Ludwig Bernhard Friederich Gegel, 1780. First edition. Half leather over marbled boards. 12 mo (4 X 6 3/4), pp. 132. A lovely little piece of 1780 German nationalism, taking place during the Roman occupation of ancient "Germany." Extremely scarce. More
New York: International Publishers, 1934. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 124, The biography of Georgi Mikhailovich Dimitrov (1882-1949) Bulgarian Communist politician, who directed the Bulgarian Communist movement. He was accused of involvement in the burning of the Reichstag in 1933 . He later bacame the prime minister of Bulgaria..... More