Förlagets halvklotband Sällskapet Bokvännerna, Stockholm 1967. Med illustrationer av författaren. 50 sidor.

Inbunden skyddsomslag Bokförlaget Trevi 1981 138 sidor.

205 x 130 mm Antal sidor: 130.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Thus Translated by various hands, edited and introduction by J. M. Cohen. Rebound in strong library binding.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Hard Cover First Thus E.T.A. Hoffmann was no ordinary man. He started life as a composer and then moved to writing stories. There are several of his sketches reproduced in this book and these show flashes of great talent too (you can see one on the cover). Hoffmann's influence is enormous in the musical world (Tchiakovsky, Delibes, Offenbach, Wagner all drew inspiration from Hoffmann). And there is something timeless in these stories even into the 21st century - there are psychological puzzles, studies of behaviour and myth, stories of automata that Philip Dick, Cordwainer Smith or Isaac Asimov would have been proud of, there are links not surprisingly into the world of music (you mustn't miss 'Rath Krespel') and the world of art (see 'Tobias Martin, Master Cooper'). Somehow Hoffmann makes ancient technologies and methods fresh and exciting - barrel making, sailing, alchemy, mining. Unfortunately the most famous of Hoffmann's stories (Nutcracker) is one of the weakest for me, and the one with the greatest reputation ('The Golden Flower Pot') suffers in this anthology by a translation that didn't engage me as well as those of other stories. My favourite stories are 'The Sand-Man', 'Rath Krespel' and 'Tobias Martin'. Here's a brief quote from 'Tobias Martin' that appealed to me especially: 'It sometimes happens that the deepest sorrow, if it can find tears and words, dissolves into a mild melancholy, so that perhaps even a gentle shimmer of hope begins to beam faintly through the heart.' Hoffmann is often sentimental but this is more than offset by an unpredictable exoticness. Rebound.

Very Good -. Hard Cover. Very Good-VG-/No Jacket. 1930's perhaps no date stated. The Book is in German. It Reads Goldene Klaffir-Bibliothek. Other title pages ETA Hoffmanns Werke in Funfzehn Teilen. T he Proceeding Page reads ETA Hoffman Werke Elfter Teil Letzte Erzahlungen 1 von Georg Ellinger. Red with Gold Gilt Lettering with Decorated boards. The Spine is very slightly sunned. 5/9/2003 5/9/2003

EV 1769 Capa dura em muito bom estado.