Ephrata. 1747. [264]pp. plus 7pp. printed register. Small quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Spine heavily worn, split in center. Later 19th- century ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Slight wear and foxing to some leaves, and some ink burn, resulting in splits to some leaves. Very good. In...
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning and an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine...
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary patterned paper boards, expertly rebacked and recornered to style, preserving original leather label. Internally clean. Very good plus. Second issue, with some corrections, after the first printing of the previous year, of this rare account of...
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn, small paper label at foot of spine. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of map. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Second issue with some...
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one...
Basel: Sebastian Henripetri, 1582-1583. Two volumes bound in one. [20],ccxliii,[24],ccxlv-dcii,[2]; [12],cccvi,[2]pp., plus folding table. Titlepages printed in red and black. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, yapp edges. Rubbed, front hinge neatly repaired. Marginal tear in folding table. Internally clean. Old bookseller's label and later ownership signature on front.....
Graz. 1892. xi,186pp. Portrait fronispiece plus plates. Original blue pictorial cloth. Very good. Second edition, after the first of 1876. Account of the 1862 uprising of the Sioux and ensuing massacre of the German settlers.
Weimar. 1804. [28],344pp. plus folding map. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards. Extremities moderately worn. Later notations to front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. The author, a native of Santo Domingo, fled to Louisiana to escape the uprisings in his homeland. He provides a detailed picture of life in New...
Somerset [Pa.]: Friedrich Goeb, 1813. [4],527,66,[2],169,[2]pp. Large, thick quarto. Contemporary calf with clasps. Minor wear to extremities. Contemporary notations in German on first two preliminary leaves. Some light scattered foxing and toning. A near fine copy. A lovely copy of this highly important German-American Bible, notable for being the first...
Reading: Gottlob Jungmann, 1805. [52],1008,[4],277,[3]pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf. Clasps lacking; front board detached. Contemporary manuscript notations on first two leaves, and in text at some points. Lightly and evenly foxed. About very good. A landmark in American bible printing, this is the first German-American Bible printed outside of Philadelphia, and...
New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York. 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German, plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a cloth clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history, reflective of the European culture which gave it...
New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York. 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German, plus twenty-five original leaves and six additional illustrated leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a clamshell box. The German Bible in America has a long and significant history, reflective of the European...
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763. [4],992,277,[3]pp. printed in double columns. Thick quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, clasps lacking. Boards scuffed, light foxing and dampstaining. Title page and first few leaves loose. Family names and dates inscribed on front and rear fly leaves. A few small tears at foredge; larger tear...
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1776. [4],992,277,[3]pp. Quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, clasps lacking. Hinges cracked but solid, extremities worn. Light foxing and soiling, moderate wear to first and last few leaves. Good. In a custom cloth box, gilt leather label. The third edition of the first European-language Bible printed in...
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763. [4],992,277,[3]pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, metal clasps lacking. Dampstaining and wear to edges of first and last few leaves. Some light soiling to text. Contemporary manuscript notations on endpapers. Very good to near fine. In a cloth box, gilt leather...
Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1743. [4],995,277,[7]pp. Thick quarto. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, metal clasps. Clasps renewed, corners worn, head of spine expertly repaired. Contemporary and later manuscript notations on front pastedown and rear fly leaf. Titlepage with neat marginal repairs, some light stains. Very good. The first European language Bible...
Harrisonburg: Laurentz Wartmann, 1818. x,[4],409,[2]pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label, remnants of metal clasps. Binding lightly worn. Contemporary notation on endpapers. Light dampstaining to first and last few leaves, some light scattered foxing. A good, solid copy. Johannes Braun (1771-1850), sometimes anglicized as John Brown, was a leading minister...
Stuttgart. 1854. Two volumes. [6],390; [6],381pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light scattered foxing. Very good. An important travel narrative by a learned German who was keenly interested in American customs, religions, politics, and folklore. The author's training in theology explains his interest in American...
Berlin: J. Hesse, [ca. 1851]. Handcolored lithographic print, 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Minute browning and edge wear in margins. Color bright and clean. Very good. Archival matting, and protected with mylar sheet. Variant issue, without priority, of this delightful early view of Sacramento, showing the city inland from...
Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1818. 28pp. Original half calf and pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. Boards rubbed. Text moderately tanned. Very good. An early children's grammar in the German language. The front pastedown is a chart of animals rendered in woodcuts, with their names in German, and the rear pastedown bears...
St. Louis: Wiebusch und Sohn, 1860-1863. Four volumes bound in one. [2],208; 200 (of 208); [4],208 (lacks pp.137-144); [2],200pp. Vol. 17 lacks issue 26. Vol. 18 lacks issue 18. Folio. Half morocco and marbled boards. Spine and corners heavily worn. Front cover detached. Titlepage of first volume torn; second and...
Weimar. 1816. xxiv,594pp. plus folding map. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards, ornate gilt spine, blue gilt morocco label. Contemporary private library label on front cover, bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Very good. Later edition, after the first French edition of 1813. "The author sailed from France in 1791...
New Orleans: Im Selbstverlage, 1897. [4],136pp., plus folding table. Original green printed wrappers. 1 1/2-inch closed tear in front wrapper, 1-inch closed tear in rear wrapper. Text very lightly tanned, else quite neat and clean internally. A very good copy. Significant study of the German Society of New Orleans, the...
Berlin: Winckelmann & Sohne, [ 1879]. vii,278pp. Frontispiece, title vignette and six plates, all color lithographs. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Spine worn, rather gnawed. Binding a bit cocked. Internally clean. Overall good. Charming color illustrated book of travel and adventure for German children. Includes travel and hunting in Oregon...
Leipzig. 1845. iv,258,[2]pp. Contemporary brown cloth, rebacked with backstrip in similar brown cloth, modern paper label. Marginal wear to old boards, new endpapers. Text lightly tanned, with a few old stains. Good. Third edition, after the first of 1843, and the first with this title. "One of the earliest German...
