kurt werth illustrator (10 Ergebnisse)

Kurt Werth, Illustrator. (illustrator). Very Good: solid, unmarked; small (7/8") light spot on front board, corners lightly bumped, pages fine. Hardcover in green cloth, 7.5x10.2", 64 pp. . . Kurt Werth, Illustrator.

/Kurt Werth, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; ex-lib, some marks, name. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. No one in town believes the children when they say they have heard a lion roar. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Kurt Werth, illustrator.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition. Missing dust jacket. Ex-library with usual stamps and stickers. Clean otherwise.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. Werth, Kurt (illustrator). reissue edition. 126 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. First Edition. Light blue cloth-covered boards with navy lettering to front and spine. One bumped corner, and several only slightly nudged corners. Very small (2 5/8 in.) deaccession stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Long closed tear along dustjacket spine, and one small 3/4 inch missing chip. The story of Andres of Ufhofen, Germany who owned a wonderful high bicycle but really wanted to be a baker -- in a small town in Germany which couldn't support two bakers, and how the situation was solved. The illustrator Kurt Werth knew of a bake shop just like the one in Ufhofen. Very Good Plus in torn Dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition 1957. Peach-colored hardcover with bright green titles. No dustjacket. McGinley's story appeared first in "Good Housekeeping" Magazine in 1956. Lippincott offered it in book form, the following year. The story is written in verse mostly iambic pentameter. Illustrations by a fine German born and educated artist who had recently emigrated from Germany, Kurt Werth. He is really on a level beyond this story but it only helps make it a richer book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Signed and inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law: "For Dorothy, with love and appreciation for your unfailing interest and encouragement. Always yours, Vardine. Evansville, Ind. August 19, 1956." First Edition. Vardine Russell Moore (1906 - ) taught Kindergarten in Evansville, Indiana during the late 1920s and served as the director of a private nursery school for the following twenty years. She presented story hours on the radio for the public library, taught a creative writing class, wrote a column for women in the local paper, and published sevearl children's books (Indiana University: Indiana Authors and Their Books). A sweet story about Paddy the Pony who wistfully watches picnickers eat their lunches near his pasture - before deciding to jump his fence to join them and try a sandwich. Bound in yellow cloth boards with brown title to spine and brown illustration of the pony to front board. Minor wear including light fraying to edges of boards and spine ends. Filled with color illustrations by Kurt Werth. In the original illustrated dust jacket with black spine panel titled in white. Large open tear to front edge of jacket, light soiling and browning, and minor edge wear including a few closed tears to jacket. [34 pages.] CHILD/123124.

Hardcover. Zustand: g. Limited edition. 1/560. Octavo. 78, [2]pp. Original half morocco over paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spine and illustration in gilt on front cover. Exquisite German edition of "The Queen of Spades," a delightful short story by Alexander Pushkin about the insatiable greed for riches. Pushkin wrote the story in the autumn of 1833 in Boldino. It was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834. The character of the Countess was inspired by Princess Natalya Petrovna Galitzine (Princesse Moustache). The story was the basis of the operas The Queen of Spades (1890) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, La dame de pique (1850) by Fromental Halévy and Pique Dame (1865) by Franz von Suppé (the overture to the Suppé work is all that remains in today's repertoire). This limited edition (No. 205/560) is exquisitely illustrated with numerous b/w drawings by German artist Kurth Werth (1896-1983). Some rubbing along edges of binding. Edges of covers slightly foxed and age-toned. Previous owner's signature on free front endpaper. Text in German. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.

1. Original-Radierung von Kurt Werth mit dekorativ abgesetztem Plattenrand auf rückseitig unbedrucktem Büttenblatt, vom Künstler rechts unterhalb der bildlichen Darstellung eigenhändig in Blei signiert und datiert, Plattengröße ca. 15,5 x 20,5 cm, Blattgröße ca. 21 x 28 cm, Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten, selten 1100 gr.

ORIGINAL-RADIERUNG (Motiv ca. 16,4 x 13,2 cm) in schöner, rot-braunner Holzleiste unter Glas gerahmt, gesamt 34 x 44 cm), rechts unten eigenhändig signiert KURTH WERTH. MOTIV : Auferstehung (Jesu). Eigenhändig bezeichnet : Probedruck 15/100.