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Holstein, Christine . VERPFLANZTE MENSCHEN Zwolf Nachfriesjahre einer deutschen Mutter in Sudamerika
Leipzig 1939 Hale and Koehler. German immigrants to South America. In German. Sm.8vo., 214pp., photo illustrations, white cloth. VG, no DJ, (a10755)
$29.00 Samhaber, Ernst . SUDAMERIKA VON HEUTE EIN KONTINENT WIRD NEU ENTDECKT
Stuttgart 1954 Scherz and Goverts. 287p. VG. Text beginining to brown. (a10760)
$25.00Boehm, R.. DAS SUDAMERIKANISCHE PFEILGIFT CURARE IN CHEMISCHER UND PHARMAKOLOGISCHE BEZIEHUNG- (schluss)
Leipzig 1897. Abhandlungen der Mathematische-Physischen Classe der Konig. Sachsischen Gesellschasft der Wissenschaften. II. Thiel (Schluss) I. Das Calebassencurare. II. Das Topfcurare. III. Uber Einige Curarerinden. In German. 4to., 52pp., 4 chromo plates, wraps. VG, some soiling. Part 2 only. (a17728)
$100.00 (ohio) (Zoar Community) . OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS VOLUME VIII
Columbus 1900. first edition. Lead article by E. O. Randall: Separatist Society of Zoar (106pp. ) Zoar was a community of Germans who formed a separatist, communal Christian society in 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Hardcover. Octavo, 488pp., photo illustrations, maps, green cloth. VG. (a18582)
$50.00 Mennonite . GLAUBENSLEHRE UND KIRCHENZUCHT ORDNUNG DER EVANGEL. MENNONITEN GEMEINSCHAFT
Skippackville 1866 Dambly. In German. Hardcover. 24mo., 44pp., green cloth with gilt lettering. Good, a few small chips on spine. (a19278)
$75.00Fischer, Rudolf. ZU DEN KUNSTFORMEN DES MITTELALTERLICHEN EPOS
Wien 1899 Braumuller. Wiener Beitrage zur Englischen Philologie IX. Hartmanns Iwein, Das Nieblungenlied, Boccacios Filostrato und Chaucers Troylus and Cryseyde. In German. 8vo., 370pp., wraps. VG. uncut; no owner marks. (a19397)
$35.00 Dietrich, Dr. Bruno . ARIZONA EINE LANDKUNDLICHE SKIZZE
Berlin 1928. Veroffentlichungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde 7. Heft. In German. 8vo., 30pp., photos, wraps. In German. Uncut. VG some slight foxing. (a19892)
$35.00German Americana. SCHREIBLELEKIBEL FUER DEN UNTERRICHT DER ELEMENTARFLASSEN
St. Louis no date (late 19thc?) Concordia Neue Serie. Hardcover . 65pp., many small text illustrations. Charming book in excellent condition for teaching beginning German - the alphabet, printing, cursory writing , phonics and reading. VG +. no owner marks, text clean. Hard to find textbooks in such nice condition. (a21268)
$45.00(cooking). TWO ORIGINAL MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS AND ONE PRINTED PROGRAM OF DER SECTION NEW YORK DES INTERNATIONALEN VERBANDES DER KOCHE
The program is for the Erst Stiftungsfest der Section New York des Internationalen Verbandes der Koche. Dinner was held at the Lexington Opera House Terrace Garden in New York City, November 1906. In German. Sm.4to., 4pp., original printed green wraps. Each of the original photographs is a 6x8 inch group photo of 2 dozen German chefs. The original photographs are mounted on stiff cardboard with titles printed below: The first photo is Zweite Generalversammlung der Sektion New-York des Internationalen Verbandes der Koche 1907; and the second photo is the same for Dritte Generalversammlung der Sektion New York Des Internationalen Verbandes Der Koche 14. Oktober 1908. Photos are in Near Fine condition, the boards are worn and stained. The dinner program for 1906 is splitting at spine and rear cover has long closed tear; minor chipping to edges of cover. Program text is VG. 3 items: (a214)
$45.00 Herwegh, Georg . NEUE GEDICHTE
Milwaukee 1877 Dorflinger. In German. Octavo, 291pp., gilt printed brown cloth.Top edge gilt. Good, front hinge cracked, slight soiling on top of end papers (not affecting text), top quarter of cover lightly soiled. (a26021)
$35.00 Flexner, Abraham . UNIVERSITIES AMERICAN ENGLISH GERMAN
Oxford 1930 1st. Octavo, 381pp., index, hardcover. Owner name stamps on title page and end papers. Good plus, backstrip sunned. no dj. Text clean and binding secure. (a31546)
$25.00 (pennsylvania) . PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ARTS AND CRAFTS A PICTURE BOOK
NY 1946 Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4to., 2 page text, 23 objects illustrated in monochromes, wraps. VG. (a3244)
$20.00 Hausmann, Manfred . KLEINE LIEBE ZU AMERIKA
Berlin 1932 Fischer. Ein junger Mann schlendert durch die Staaten. In German. Sm.8vo., 345pp., pictorial wraps. Good, light wear. (a33450)
$25.00 Lenz, Guenter H. and Klaus J. Milich (editors) . AMERICAN STUDIES IN GERMANY EUROPEAN CONTEXTS AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS
Frankfurt 1995. 8vo., 280pp., printed boards. Near Fine. (a35028)
$45.00 Glanz, Rudolf . THE GERMAN JEW IN AMERICA AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING BOOKS, ARTICLES AND PAMPHLETS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Cincinnati 1969. Bibliographica Judaica Number 1. 4to., 192pp. Fine, no DJ. (a36376)
$30.00(religion). GEGRUEKET SEIST DU MIR EIN BIBLISCHES BILDERBUCH IV
NY n.d. (c. 1880). An illustrated song book, with lyrics but no musical scores, in German.sm 4to., 18pp. including 8 full page chromolithographs of scenes from the life of Christ. Chromolithograph of Christ in Crown of Thorns on cover. Stiff wraps wit cloth spine. Good Plus, light foxing. not much wear; binding secure. (a37489)
$60.00 von Raumer, Frederick . AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
NY 1846 (1845) Langley.Translated from German by William W. Turner. Von Raumer was a German scholar, 1781-1873, who traveled extensively in America. Large octavo, 512pp., foldout chart with summary of constitutions of 26 US States, hardcover. Owner signed (Charles Sanford.) Fairly Good, occasional light foxing throughout, light brown water stain on lower margin of initial and final 20 pages or so, spine ends quite worn down, cloth worn off corners. (a3813)
$50.00 (religion) . ERZAHLUNGEN AUS DER GESCHISCHTE DER CHRISTLICHEN KIRCHE
Reading n.d. (c.1880) neunte auflage. Bilger Buchhandlung. Religious instruction book in German. Hardcover. Square 12mo., 72pp., 30 illustrations, cloth. Numerous pencil notes on rear end pages. Good. (a3816)
$39.00 (art) . DEUTCHE KUNST DER SPAETEN 80er JAHRE BINATIONALE AMERIKANISCHE KUNST DER SPAETEN 80er JAHRE
Koln 1988. In German and English. 4to., 319pp., illus., index, wraps. VG, light soiling, light wear. (a39901)
$40.00 Marcus, Jacob Rider (editor) . THE GERMAN-JEWISH LEGACY IN AMERICA 1938-1988 A SYMPOSIUM
Cincinnat 1988. November 1988 issue of American Jewish Archives, Volume XL, Number 2. 8vo., pp.197-454 (complete issue), wraps. VG, one small scuff on front wrap. (a42306)
$36.00 Korn, Bertram Wallace . GERMAN-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE, 1824-1972
Syracuse 1972. The B.G. Rudolph Lectures in Judaic Studies. 8vo., 25p., wraps. Small section cut out from top part of front wrap. University Library stamp on title page and on one text page. VG. (a48874)
$30.00 Nettelbladt, Heinz Dagobert . LEBENSBILDER EINES DEUTSCH-AMERICANERS
Dresden (1926) Joachim Fesq. In German. Hardcover octavo., 192pp., photo portrait frontis, medium blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Good plus, light fading of cover cloth, hinges not cracked; text clean . owner bookplate (Otto Mangels) no dj. (a50825)
$45.00 Preysing, Lindi . U S A - REISE DES GARDEN - CLUB OF BAVARIA VOM O8. BIS 22. MAI 1987
1987. In German. 4to., 29 leaves (rectos only), green cloth with gilt lettering. very near Fine. (a51584)
$75.00 Hubel, Henni . BELAUSCHT. GEDICHTE UND SPRUECHE
NY 1904 Isaac Golmann Co. In German. 12mo., 90pp., plus 4pp. of Ms. Hubel's songs (with music), printed red cloth. VG. (a51720)
$150.00 Deckert Dr. E. . CUBA
Bielefeld und Leipzig 1899 Velhagen and Klafing. Volume 2 in series Land und Lenute Monographien zur Erdkunde, edited by A. Scobel. In German. 8vo., 116pp., 96 photo illustrations, colored map, cloth covered wraps. Owner signed and owner name stamp on title page. VG. (a5330)
$28.00 Bonie, Lieutenant-Colonel; Major Kaehler and Lieutenant-Colonel George B. Davis . CAVALRY STUDIES FROM TWO GREAT WARS (1896)
Kansas City 1896 1st Hudson-Kimberley. 'Comprising the French Cavalry in 1870...The German Cavalry in the Battle of Vionville Mars La Tour...The operations of the Cavalry in the Gettysburgh Campaign.' 8vo., 267pp., 4 maps (one doublepage), hardcover. Good plus, one 3 inch long closed tear in margin of one leaf, uneven fading of cover, slight wear at head of spine but pretty violet cloth cover with gilt lettering. (a54374)
$75.00 Jacobi, Dr. A. . AUFS�TZE, VORTR�GE UND REDEN ERSTER BAND
NY 1893 Stettiner Lambert & Co. Fur sein tochter zu ihrem sechszehten geburtstage ausgewahlt. Nineteenth century New York medical history. Chapters include: Memoiren aus Preusschen Gefaengnissen, Infant Mortality in City of New York, Nursey and Child's Hospital, On Foundlings and Foundling Institutions, Farming-out System for Foundlings, Ernst Krackowizer M.D., Cruelty to Children, Des Ottendorfer Pavilions im Deutschen Hospital, etc .A bit of text in german, most in English. 8vo., 656pp., original hardcover.Top edge gilt. Owner bookplates. Good, light wear, rear hinge cracking. Rare. Volume one (of two) only. (a56821)
$150.00 Rapone, Anita . THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1860-1920 A HISTORY OF A GERMAN-AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. ISBN 0-8147-7401-6
NY 1987 1st NYU. ISBN 0-8147-7401-6. 8vo., 209pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ, two small closed tears. (a59362)
$29.00 Race, Henry M.D. . PARISH REGISTER OF THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA
Flemington 1897. Issue of The Jerseyman for June, 1897. Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1763-1802. Sm.4to., pp.37-52, original printed wraps with new paper spine. Ink number on front. Good, wraps a bit worn, lightly chipped. Scarce. (a61229)
$45.00 Kropp, Heinrich Arend . HUNDERT JAHRE DEUTSCHE EVANGELISCH-LUTHERISCHE ZIONS-GEMEINDE IN BROOKLYN IN WORT UND BILD - DEUTSCHES ZION IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK 1855 - 1955
Brooklyn Heights 1955 Brendecke. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 133pp., monochrome photo illustrations by Hans von Behr, cloth. Near Fine. (a63226)
$26.00 Kauffman, Henry . PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH AMERICAN FOLK ART
NY 1946 1st American Studio. Sm.4to., 31 pages of text plus 136 glossy pages of monochrome photo illustrations, a few color plates, hardcover. Good, some light soiling, no DJ. (a6371)
$24.00 Arndts, Johann . SECHS B�CHER VOM WAHREN CHRISTENTHUM
Stuttgart 1854 Gedruckt fur John Krans in Pennsylvanien. Hardcover. In German. Small octavo, engraved frontis, numerous text illustrations, full leather. Engraved coat of arms tipped on end paper. Lacking original metal claps. Good, hinges neatly reinforced. (a66732)
$100.00 (pennsylvania dutch) . TEN PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH ALMANACS 1879 TO 1916 ADLER CALENDER AND DER NEUE READING CALENDER
1879-1916. Not a complete run. Ten separate almanacs. Each Sm.4to, about 30pp., wraps. Good, wraps worn. 10 almanacs. (a68077)
$125.00 White, Andrew D. . SOME PRACTICAL INFLUENCES OF GERMAN THOUGHT UPON THE UNITED STATES
Ithaca 1884 1st Andrus & Church. Small octavo, 16pp., original wraps. VG, lightly browned. (a68704)
$75.00 Manthen-Born, Carl . BROLAMLEIN. KURZE ANDAACHTEN FUR ALLE TAGE DES JAHRES
St Louis 1910 1st Concordia. In German. Lutherism. Hardcover. 4to., 452pp., illustrations, cloth. Near Fine. Excellent condition. (a70833)
$30.00 Schlagintweit, Robert v. . DIE PACIFISCHEN EISENBAHNEN IN NORDAMERIKA
Gotha 1886 first edition. Justus Perthes. Hardcover. 4to., 31p. of text in German (numerous blank pages also bound in) with large foldout map of all cross-country Railroad lines in U.S. and Canada in 1886, 3/4 maroon leather with blue marbled boards and later paper spine. Good, light wear. (a72203)
$110.00 Pennsylvania Dutch . GEMEINSCHAFTLICHES GESANGBUCH, ZUM GOTTESDIENSTICHEN GEBRAUCH DER LUTHERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN GEMEINDEN IN NORD-AMERICA NEBST EINEM UNHANGE VON AUSERWAHLTEN GEBATERN
Reading 1827 G. Adolph Tage. In german. 12mo., 360pp., full leather with mounted leather spine label. Fore-edges bright yellow. Owner signature faded away but faint date of 1835 visible inside front cover. Good, binding worn, toning and staining throughout text but still legible. (a72220)
$65.00 Wefer, Marion . LOST FATHERLAND A ONE ACT PLAY
NY c. 1946 Prepared for the American Committee for Christian German Refugees. Includes Notes on Costuming and Production by Frederic Frederics. Octavo, 37 leaves (rectos only), stapled wraps along top. Good plus, small chip from title page (no loss of text.) Very Scarce. (a74969)
$75.00 Harbaugh, H . HARBAUGH'S HARFE - GEDICHTE IN PENNSYLVANISCH DEUTSCHER HUNDART
Philadelphia 1870 Reformed Church Publication. Poetry. included glossary of Penn Dutch German. Hardcover. Octavo, 121pp., illustrations, original blue cloth with title and picture of a harp in gilt on front. VG, spine ends and corners a bit worn. (a75052)
$35.00 Krewson, Margrit B. . GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Washington 1995 Library of Congress. Octavo, 319pp., original wraps. A few institution marks. VG. (a76374)
$20.00Gossler, J. C.. CARL GOCK'S VERLAUMDUNGEN ODER DIE RECHTFERTIGUNG DER HOCHDEUTSCHEN LUTERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN SYNODEN VON NORD-AMERICA
Reading 1823 1st Bruckman. Hardcover. In German. 12mo., 160pp., patterned boards with leather spine. Near Good, end papers have large chips, leaves toned (but legible), corners of many leaves bumped. Scarce. No owner marks. (a76773)
$140.00Gossler, J. C.. CARL GOCK'S VERLAUMDUNGEN ODER DIE RECHTFERTIGUNG DER HOCHDEUTSCHEN LUTERISCHEN UND REFORMIRTEN SYNODEN VON NORD-AMERICA
Reading 1823 1st Bruckman. Hardcover. In German. 12mo., 160pp., patterned boards with leather spine. Bookplate of Johannes Heister: von Bern Taunschip, Verfs Caunty, Pennsylvanien, where Heister is buried. He lived 1754-1826. Good, worn, text clean but a bit toned in text block. Binding secure. (a77766)
$185.00 Luthers, Martin . LEBEN, THATEN UND MEINUNGEN D. MARTIN LUTHERS, EIN LESEBUCH FUR DEN BURGER UND LANDMANN
Reading 1811 Johann Ritter. Erste Americanische, von der dritten verbesserten Leipziger, Auflage. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 161pp., (1), 1/2 leather with blue paper-covered boards. Good, boards rubbed and worn, toning in text block but still quite legible. (a77777)
$225.00Vulpius, Christian August. RINALDO RINALDINI DER R�UBER-HAUPTMANN. EINE ROMANTISCHE GESCHICHTE UNSERS JAHRBUNDERTS, IN DREY THEILEN IN EINEM BAND.
Reading 1820 first American edition. erste Americanische auflage, Carl A. Bruchman. In German. Small octavo, 331pp., title page mistakenly calls for 4 copperplates as only 3 were included,1/2 leather and marbled boards with mounted black spine label and gilt horizontal lines on spine. Good, good-sized piece of the marbled paper worn off front cover panel, a few minor stains in text. Binding secure. Very Scarce. (a77779)
$250.00 Habermann, Johyann . CHRISTLICHES GEBET-BUCHLEIN, ENTHALTEND MORGEN UND ABENDSEGN AUF ALLE TAGE IN DER WOCHE
Lancaster 1838 Johann Bar. In German. 16mo., 128pp., frontis of Last Supper, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Owner signed (Samuel Sheaffer, October 8th 1853). Good, worn. (a77780)
$45.00 (Tischer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm) . CALVIN'S LEBEN, MEINUNGEN UND THATEN, EIN LESEBUCH FUR JEDERMANN, HAUPTFACHLICH ABER FUR SEINE GLAUBENSGENOSSEN
Reading 1812 Johann Ritter und Comp. In German. Hardcover. 12mo., 164pp., 1/2 leather and marbled boards. Good, worn, stain on lower corners throughout. Binding secure. (a77782)
$165.00 Porcupine, Peter (William Cobbett 1763-1835) . DIE BLUT-FAHNE AUSGESTECKET ZUR WARNUNG POLITISCHER WEGWEISER IN AMERICA ODER EINE GETREUE ERZAHLUNG EINER GROSSEN ANZAHL HANDLUNGEN DER ABSCHEULICHFTEN FGRAUSAMKEITEN, SOLCHE ALS NIE EIN AUGE GESEHEN...EHE DIE FRANZOSISCHE REVOLUTION ...WELCHEM EIN UNTERRICHTENDER BERSUCH
Reading 1797 Gottlob Jungermann. Translation for the Pennsylvania Dutch community of Cobbett's The Bloody Bouy. Anti-Jacobin tract. Small octavo, (10), 198pp.,1 plate (of 4), original paper covered boards with leather spine. Signed by Peter Spang Jr. Febuary (sic) 18th 1842. The plate shows "Shooting of men, women and chidren, Drowning men and women tied naked together called republican marriages" is Good with toning/staining on margins but image good, not foxed, not ton. Book overall is fair to poor, one internal leaf has large chip at lower corner with loss of several lines, one of the preface pages has a one-inch square cut from the text, corners bumped and worn, spine ends frayed, paper on cover chipped, leaves a bit worn and toned, some staining in text, one small puncture in final two leaves (taking out only a tiny number of letters). Sold as is. (a77809)
$95.00(hymnal). DAS KLEINE DAVIDISCHE PSALTERSPIEL DER KINDER ZIONS, VON ALTEN UND NEUEN AUSERLESSENEN GEISTES GES �NGEN, ALLEN WAHREN HEILS-BERGIE-RIGEN GAUGLINGEN DER WEISHEIT
Chestnut Hill 1791 Samuel Saur. In German. 12mo., (4), 572pp., (22), full leather with later leather melded to spine in repair. Bound with Die Kleine Harpe..Liedern Oder Lob-Gesangen, Chestnut Hill 1792 Samuel Saur, 55pp. (1). Good, original leather clasps gone, front hinge crudely repaired, spine somewhat tilted, a few pages have tiny marginal tears, some toning and staining in text. (a77810)
$375.00 Eissler, Ruth Selke . GEZEITEN SIEBZIG GEDICHTE
New York 1976 1st Author. Poems in English and in German. Hardcover. Small octavo, 96pp., blue cloth. Signed presentation card from Eissler laid in. Near Fine. (a77954)
$28.00 Benignus, Wilhelm . STIMMEN DER WASSER (signed/inscribed by Benignus)
1908 first edition. Amerikanische Landschaftbilder, skizzen prosa und Gedichte. IHardcover. in German. 8vo., 121pp., photo illustrations, most of American scenes, and most all with original tissue guards. **Signed and inscribed copy from Benignus. Additional photo illustration of author laid in. Near VG, light cover tip wear, light cover toning. Hinges not cracked in or out; no ownership marks; text clean and bright. In later removable protective glassine jacket. (a9823)
$65.00 Barth, Dr. Chr. G. . DAS BILD IN DEINACH, EINE ERZAHLUNG FUR DIE JUGEND.
NY n.d. (c 1850) Americansichen Tract-Gesellschaft. In German. 12mo., 180pp., original boards. Near Good, cover worn, cracking along outer hinges, some foxing and spotting in text. Scarce. (ac26)
$35.00