München: Gunter Olzog, (1977). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, slipcase. 631 pages. Sixth edition. A directory of German-language publishers. Entry for each publisher includes the publisher's mark and a brief history as well as addresses and names. Indexed. Owner's stamp on front free endpaper. READ MORE about DOKUMENTATION DEUTSCHSPRACHIGER VERLAGE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 49196
München: Gunter Olzog, (1974). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 595 pages. Fifth edition. A directory of German-language publishers. Entry for each publisher includes the publisher's mark and a brief history as well as addresses and names. Indexed. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about DOKUMENTATION DEUTSCHSPRACHIGER VERLAGE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49197
(Munich: Winkler), 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. unpaginated. Text in German. Offprint from DÜNNDRUCKBIBLIOTHEK DER WELTLITERATUR ILLUSTRIERTE AUSGABEN. Catalogue of illustrated publications by Winkler. Presentation by Visel to Ernst Hauswedell on free endpaper. Black and white illustrations. Bibliography and listing of Winkler's publications. READ MORE about EIN SCHATZBEHALTER DER BUCHILLUSTRATION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 108193
Würzburg: Vogel, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 302, (2) pages. The history of the German publisher Vogel throughout changing times. Illustrated. Jacket very slightly torn. READ MORE about DIE VOGEL-STORY EIN VERLAG IM WANDEL DER ZEIT
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 49408
Stuttgart: K.F. Koehler, (1954). large 12mo. paper-covered boards. 52, (4) pages, with 4 additional leaves of illustrations. A history of the Volckmar publishing house. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about IN DEN STURMEN DER ZEIT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49404
Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde Wegweiser-Verlag, 1924. 12mo. quarter leather with paper-covered boards. 160 pages, with 7 additional leaves of illustrations. Essays on the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, founded in 1919 to publish affordable good books for the German people. Covers rubbed. Wear to spine. Corners bumped. READ MORE about DAS WERKE DES VOLKSVERBANDES DER BUCHERFREUNDE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 49405
(Kassel, Germany: Hessischer Museumsverbande), 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 466, (2) pages. Text in German. Museum exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of von Hutten, German scholar, poet, and reformer. Greeting by Walter Wallmann, Minister President of Hesse. Foreword by Gerhard Bott. Table of contents. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, index of names, illustration credits. READ MORE about ULRICH VON HUTTEN: RITTER HUMANIST PUBLIZIST 1488-1523
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119563
Berlin: Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1900. 8vo. cloth. xl, 259+(1) pages. Written in German. With an introduction and indices. A catalogue of the works published by this bookstore. Laid-in is the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. With the ink signature of a previous owner on the page facing the title page. READ MORE about VERLAGS-KATALOG DER WEIDMANNSCHEN BUCHHANDLUNG IN BERLIN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 101520
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1903. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 153, (3) pages. Second edition. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Head of spine and top edge of both boards faded and worn. Bottom corners bumped. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 48569
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1903. 12mo. paper wrappers. (iv), 153, (3) pages. Second edition. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Wrappers chipped, torn, and partially detached. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49459
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1910. 12mo. cloth. (iv), 156, 32, (2) pages. Third edition, revised. Covers many topics, including printing, periodical publishing, bookselling, and book collecting. Front cover spotted. Light foxing of early pages. READ MORE about SCHRIFT- UND BUCHWESEN IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 49611
Marbach: Schiller National-Museum Marbach am Neckar, 1985. small 8vo. self paper wrappers, dust jacket, with loosely inserted brochure (stapled,self paper wrappers). The publisher W. Weismann (1909-1983) and three major writers of the post-war era, with a bibliography of his publications 1946-1954. Illustrated. Typescript brochure is a catalogue for a Weismann exhibit at the National-Museum in Marbach. READ MORE about MARBACHER MAGAZIN 33/1985, BROCH-CANETTI-JAHNN, WILLI WEISMANN UND SEIN VERLAG, 1946-1954
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 52453
N.P. Westermann, n.d. (circa 1963). 8vo. paper wrappers. 112 pages. A profile of the German publisher Westermann, celebrating its 125th anniversary. Well-illustrated. Yellowed. READ MORE about WESTERMANN PROFIL EINES VERLAGES
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49418
Die Entwicklung der Buchgestaltung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Frankfurt am Main: Stiftung Buchkunst, 1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 207, (3) pages. Die Entwicklung der Buchgestaltung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Text in German. Development of book design in the German Federal Republic. Introduction by Wolfgang Rasch. 207 sets of black and white illustrations. Very light soiling on wrappers. READ MORE about BUCHKUNST IM WANDEL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107662
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1974. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 32 pages. A brief look back at 25 years of this publisher. READ MORE about WISSENSCHAFTLICHE BUCHGESELLSCHAFT DARMSTADT 1949-1974
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 50829
Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Variously paginated. The complete run of volume 17, nos. 1-6 (1925)in 5 issues. This German periodical contains essays relating to all aspects of the book arts. Topics range from the care and cultivation of book collections to reviews of newly published books. Issues are indexed and illustrated in black-and-white. Some yellowing of covers. Small tears and chips along spines. READ MORE about ZEITSCHRIFT FUR BUCHERFREUNDE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 61807
Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1928. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Variously paginated. The complete run of volume 20, nos. 1-6 (1928) in 6 issues. This German periodical contains essays relating to all aspects of the book arts. Topics range from the care and cultivation of book collections to reviews of newly published books. Issues are indexed and illustrated in black-and-white. Some yellowing of covers. READ MORE about ZEITSCHRIFT FUR BUCHERFREUNDE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61818
N.P. n.p., n.d. but circa 1968. 8vo. paper-covered boards. not paginated. A collection of tributes to Witsch on the anniversary of his death. Many photographs of Witsch. Spine and front board slightly faded. READ MORE about JOSEPH CASPAR WITSCH 1906-1967
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 48712
(München (Munich), Germany): Hugendubel, (1993). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 249, (7) pages. Text in German. A study of publishing and bookselling in Munich from the late 19th through the late 20th centuries. Table of contents, foreword by the author, bibliography, index of persons and publishing firms. READ MORE about HUNDERT JAHRE BUCHKULTUR IN MÜNCHEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 120818
Twelve issues.
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1979-1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Various paginations. Twelve issues. 12 non-consecutive issues of a journal on cultural exchange. Articles on African literature and on the 300th anniversary of Germantown, PA (in Philadelphia). READ MORE about ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KULTURAUSTAUCH
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 50930
Osterwieck: A.W. Zickfeldt, 1927. small 8vo. paper wrappers. iv, 127+(1) pages. On the transformation of the book market by book societies and specialized publishers; includes plans for the nationalization of the book trade. Wrappers chipped and torn at spine. Yellowed. READ MORE about UMGESTALTUNG DES BUCHMARKTES DUR BUCHGEMEINSCHAFTEN UND FACHVEREINSVER LAGE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 49465
