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Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. No dust-wrapper. 574pp. Frontis. Illus. Folding map to rear. Binding is slightly marked. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper, with light tape marks to end-papers also. A decent copy. (h8).

Original Red Cloth Hardback. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1957. xxxvii, 574. 14 b&w plates, 2 folding maps to rear. The book is in excellent condition with no inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket is also in excellent condition with a little edge wear. PLEASE NOTE: heavyish book so a little extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. "This is the first substantial selection and translation into English from Goethe's vast correspondence. It has been conceived especially for the general reader. It presents a fascinating self-portrait of the life and times of the greatest German writer and should, in addition, form a valuable introduction for the English reader to Goethe's works, at a time when several modern translations of these are appearing. An attempt has been made to cover all the varied aspects of Goethe's immense activity; special attention has been devoted to letters to his most important and oldest friends; while the long list of correspondents includes many of the greatest names in the Europe of Romanticism and Revolution The 600 letters have been grouped into sections, each of which is prefaced by a biographical note. There is an introduction by Professor W. H. Bruford; a biographical index; and an index of Goethe's works cited. Fourteen lithographed and halftone plates illustrate the volume, and there are two maps of Weimar.".…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light toning on hinges. 1 inch closed tear at top of front panel.