Verlag: Berlin: Druck Robert Schiebel, 1959., 1959
Anbieter: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
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EUR 13,00
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. 8°. Originalheft. 12 Blatt mit Porträt- und Szenenfotos aus anderen Stücken und 2 Blatt Besetzungszettel. Gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Genießen Sie den Frühling mit einem guten Buch ! K19610-227509.
Verlag: Modern Library, New York, 1929
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 18,16
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Modern Library edition. 16mo. 322pp. Translated by Brian Hooker. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Spine and covers sunned, a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket.
Verlag: Three Sirens Press, New York, 1931
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 18,16
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners and edges and spine edges, cover and foredges soiled, pages browned at edges, bookplate, writing on front endpaper.
Verlag: Three Sirens Press, New York, 1931
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 18,16
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. Translation by Helen B. Dole. Very good with owner's decorative bookplate on front pastedown, rough-cut edges toned, modestly soiled.
Verlag: Three Sirens Press, New York, 1931
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 18,16
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Illustrated by Nino Carbe. Good. Hardcover worn at spine ends, corners, edgeworn, cover and foredges soiled, water stains along the spine and top and bottom of most pages.
Verlag: Albert Hentrich Druckerei Berlin. 1959 - 1960., 1960
Anbieter: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
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EUR 14,00
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Original-Programmheft, 21 x 14,5 cm. 20 Seiten mit vielen Abbildungen und Besetzungseinleger. Guter Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Genießen Sie den Frühling mit einem guten Buch ! K04400-404327.
Verlag: Druck Wilhelm Axt, 1 / 1973., 1973
Anbieter: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, Deutschland
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
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EUR 16,00
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In den WarenkorbSOFTCOVER. Als Plakat gefaltet auf das Format 29,5 x 21 cm, augefaltet etwa 60 x 75 cm. Mit interessanten Abbildungen, gut erhalten. Leichter Anflug von Tabakgeruch, kaum wahrnehmbar! -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Genießen Sie den Frühling mit einem guten Buch ! K04501-103255.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, NY/London, 1921
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 22,70
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Very good Hardcover. Book has light fraying of spine ends, light rubbing of cover edges and corners, browning spine, fading covers, light soiling foredges, former owners name front endpaper, browning endpapers, brown spotting some pages.
Verlag: The Heritage Press [1954], New York, 1954
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
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EUR 25,42
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very near Fine. First edition thus. 8vo. [2], ix-xvii, [1], 210, [4] pp. Bound in decorative pink, black, orange, and white cloth with a black label lettered in gold on the spine; housed in a tan slipcase. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated by Pierre Brissaud, with one color plate and several in-text color illustrations. Translated by Louis Untermeyer. Includes the issue of the Sandglass and a poem by Rostand. Bussacco BHP-28-3. A very near Fine book in a Near Fine slipcase with a tiny sticker abrasion.
EUR 15,00
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Sehr gut. Erste Auflage;. 195 Seiten ; 20 cm; ; Auf dem Fußschnitt als Mängelexemplar gestempelt. Einband leicht angestoßen, sonst tadellos, ungelesen. // Die Geschichte von Cyrano de Bergerac, ein Dichter und Soldat des 17. Jahrhunderts, der unter seiner riesigen Nase zu leiden hat. Cyrano verliebt sich in seine schöne Cousine Roxane, verbirgt jedoch seine wahren Gefühle. Als er merkt, dass sich Roxane ihrerseits zu seinem gutaussehenden Freund Christian hingezogen fühlt, verhilft er den beiden zu ihrem vermeintlichen Glück, indem er Roxane in Christians Namen Briefe schreibt. Denn vor allem will Cyrano verhindern, dass der Regimentshauptmann Guiche, der ebenfalls ein Auge auf Roxane geworfen hat, sie zu seiner Geliebten macht. Eine turbulente Geschichte voller abenteuerlicher Verwicklungen nimmt ihren Lauf . /literatur + 0138 ISBN: 9783747202791 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 gebunden, illustrierter Orig.-Pappband;
Anbieter: Lewitz Antiquariat, Parchim, MVP, Deutschland
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EUR 10,00
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover/Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. Erste Auflage. 44 Seiten durchgehend mit farbigen Illustrationen, in englischer Sprache. Kaum Lese- und Lagerspuren. Ein sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.
Verlag: Russell, 1900
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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EUR 24,06
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In den WarenkorbFirst American edition. A play by the author of Cyrano de Bergerac. Spine slightly slanted, otherwise very good condition in gold decorated boards, gilt top edge.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898
Sprache: Französisch
Anbieter: Librairie du Cardinal, GRADIGNAN, Frankreich
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EUR 420,00
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In den Warenkorbrigide. Zustand: Bon. Représentée à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin, le 28 décembre 1897, 48e mille, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-percaline, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898, 225 pp Exemplaire publié l'année de l'édition originale, avec mention de 48e mille en titre. Bon état (reliure lég. frottée, bien complet des premier et dernier feuillets blanc, rares rouss.) Langue: Français.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898
Sprache: Französisch
Anbieter: Librairie du Cardinal, GRADIGNAN, Frankreich
Erstausgabe
EUR 450,00
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In den Warenkorbrigide. Zustand: Assez bon. Représentée à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin, le 28 décembre 1897, 36e mille, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin vert, dos à 5 nerfs, couvertures conservées, tête dorée, double filet doré en mors, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898, 225 pp. Exemplaire publié l'année de l'édition originale, avec mention de 36e mille en titre. Etat très satisfaisant (sans le dernier feuillet blanc, premier cahier faible, deux coins frottés, bon état par ailleurs) pour cet exemplaire relié avec ses deux couvertures d'origine. Langue: Français.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898
Sprache: Französisch
Anbieter: Librairie du Cardinal, GRADIGNAN, Frankreich
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EUR 460,00
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In den Warenkorbrigide. Zustand: Bon. Représentée à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin, le 28 décembre 1897, 12e mille, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane verte, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898, 225 pp Exemplaire publié l'année de l'édition originale, avec mention de 12e mille en titre ce qui le place parmi les premiers tirages publiés, sachant que l'on trouve difficilement des exemplaires en-dessous du 20e mille. Bon état (reliure lég. frottée, sans les premier et dernier feuillet blanc, qq. rouss.) Langue: Français.
Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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EUR 113,48
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition of this translation. Translated and adapted for the Modern Stage by Anthony Burgess. A fine copy in fine, bright dust jacket. An elusive title in the first printing, the American edition precedes the English.
Verlag: New York, The Modern Library, n.d. [1929]., 1929
Anbieter: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, USA
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EUR 113,48
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In den WarenkorbProbable first Modern Library edition. Modern Library, no. 154; rear panel of dust jacket states that 159 titles are available. Translated by Brian Hooker. "With a prefatory gesture by Clayton Hamilton." Cloth with dust jacket. Fine copy in fine dust jacket, "Sold at retail by Macy's" stamp on title page notwithstanding. Earliest jacket and probable first edition thus, as the dust jacket style was used only for one year, 1929, according to the website Modern Library Collecting. The jacket on this copy, with orange stripes and a pale yellow or tan base color, has a different color scheme from the one illustrated on that site. Grapevine ornament on spine in gilt. The copyright page ascribes the copyright to Henry Holt with the date 1923.
Verlag: Rouam,, Orlèans
Anbieter: Libreria Della Rondine Ascona, Ascona, CH, Schweiz
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EUR 536,92
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. (33x26 cm) 274 (6) S. Prachtausgabe auf festem Papier, breitrandig, illustriert von Dubout mit über 90 schönen Farbzeichnungen, darunter 20 ganzseitige Zeichnungen auf Tafeln außerhalb des Textes, koloriert "au pochoir". Auflage von 1610 Exemplaren, Exemplar Nr. 1077 der Serie auf Papier de Rives. Original-Loseblatt-Einband, Hardcover mit Gestaltung geschützt durch Original-Transparentumschlag, Chemise, Schuber. Sehr guter Zustand. (33x26 cm) 274 (6) p. Superbe édition sur papier fort, grandes marges, illustrée par Dubout avec plus de 90 beaux dessins en couleurs, dont 20 dessins pleine page sur des planches en dehors du texte, colorés "au pochoir". Tirage de 1610 exemplaires, exemplaire n° 417 de la série sur papier de Rives. Reliure originale à feuillets mobiles, couverture rigide avec dessin protégé par une couverture transparente originale, chemise, étui.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
EUR 13.617,70
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In den WarenkorbFull Description: ROSTAND, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Comédie Héroïque en Cinq Actes en Vers. Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. First trade edition. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches; 200 x 135 mm). [1]-225, [3, blank] pp. In original glassine. Inscribed by Rostand to Fernand Bougeat on half-title, "à monsieur / Fernand Bourgeat / souvenir coronal / Edmond Rostand." Also with a postcard, dated 1930, of Coquelin Ainé as Cyrano de Bergerac laid in. A rare presentation in the original wrappers. Fernand Bourgeat (1851-1932) was the Secretary General of the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris. Original light green printed wrappers. Front wrapper invisible reattached. Wrappers printed in dark green. Edges uncut. In glassine. Back wrapper with a small closed tear to the bottom margin. Spine a bit creased and lightly flaking. Old ink note to top corner of glassine. Glassine lightly toned. Overall a very nice, clean copy. Housed in a chemise and cloth slipcase with red morocco spine labels. "Cyrano de Bergerac is the most famous example of poetic, romantic drama that [Rostand] created. A colorful and exciting portrait of the reign of Louis XIII, with an aspiring poet-lover for its hero, the play enjoyed tremendous popularity." (Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia, 890). HBS 69105. $15,000.
Verlag: Paris Charpentier & Fasquelle 1898, 1898
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EUR 30.000,00
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Très bon état. in-8, plein maroquin bordeaux, dos à nerfs soulignés d'un filet doré, caissons ornés aux petits fers, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats ornés d'un plein décor d'arabesques dorés, fine bordure intérieure, doublures de maroquin marron clair à gros grains encadré d'une frise dorée, gardes de soie moirée marron, doubles gardes, double filet doré sur les coupes, coiffes guillochées, tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, chemise de maroquin bordeaux souple et étui bordé (Creuzevault), 225 pp. Édition originale de l'une des pièces les plus populaires du théâtre français. Un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon (ex. n°29), seul tirage de luxe avec quelques hors commerce réservés à l'auteur sur papier rose ou vert. Précieux exemplaire unique décoré en 1911 par le peintre Edmond Malassis de 16 aquarelles originales signées, dont six à pleine page (frontispice et pages de titre des 5 actes), cinq bandeaux et cinq culs-de-lampe : scènes de genre picaresque et portraits haut en couleurs, d'une grande finesse d'exécution, qui rappellent qu'Edmond Malassis (1874-1944) fut formé à l'aquarelle par Gustave Moreau. Ce chef-d'oeuvre a été par la suite revêtu d'une magistrale reliure à la fanfare (en référence au 17e siècle où se situe l'action) signée par Creuzevault.
EUR 898,77
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very rare first edition, an early (possibly the first) translation of the famous French romantic play "Cyrano de Bergerac" into Japanese. The project was prepared and released by prominent translators. Gorgeous Art Nouveau design. Text in Japanese and French. One volume complete. 18,7 x 12,4 cm. 438 pp. 6 collotype monochrome plates, including frontispiece. Foxing. The endpapers are made of Japanese Western style wallpaper. Leather spine and paperboard binding. Golden embossing. The slip case is made of hard cardboard wrapped in the same wallpapers, chipped and scratched. Few mouse bites. Original title slip on the case. Near fine condition.
EUR 28.750,00
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In den WarenkorbCouverture rigide. - Charpentier & Fasquelle, Paris 1898, 13,5x19,5cm, relié sous étui. - Édition originale, un des rares exemplaires du tirage de luxe imprimé sur japon et limité à 50 exemplaires numérotés avec quelques exemplaires nominatifs, tirage de tête. Reliure en plein maroquin vert, dos à cinq nerfs sertis de pointillés dorés et orné de doubles caissons dorés décorés en leurs centres de fleurons dorés, reprise de teinte et discrète restauration à un mors, roulettes dorées sur les coiffes, encadrement de doubles filets dorés sur les plats agrémentés en angles d'un jeu d'entrelacs et de fleurons dorés, gardes et contreplats de soie moirée verte, encadrement de quintuples filets dorés et de motifs floraux dorés en angles sur les contreplats, couvertures conservées, tête dorée, doubles filets dorés sur les coupes, superbe reliure de l'époque signée Gruel. Rarissime et magnifique exemplaire de la pièce la plus populaire du théâtre français en tirage de tête établi dans une parfaite reliure en plein maroquin signée de Gruel. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Charpentier & Fasquelle | Paris 1898 13,5 x 19,5 cm | full morocco with custom slipcase First edition, one of the rare leading copies on Japan paper limited to 50 numbered copies and a few name-specific copies, the tirage de tête. Binding in full green morocco, spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and adorned with double gilt panels decorated with gilt fleurons in their centres, recolouring and discreet restoration to a joint, gilt roll tooling on the spine ends, frame of double gilt fillets on the boards brightened in the corners with a set of interlacings and gilt fleurons, iridescent green silk endpapers, frame of five gilt fillets and gilt floral motifs in the corners of the pastedown endpapers, covers preserved, top edge gilt, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, superb binding signed Gruel. Extremely rare and magnificent copy of the most popular play in French theatre, the tirage de tête set in a perfect binding in full morocco signed Gruel.
EUR 5.175,00
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In den WarenkorbCouverture rigide. - Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris 1898, 13,5x20,5cm, relié. - Edition originale sur papier courant. Quelques rousseurs. Reliure en demi maroquin noir, dos à cinq nerfs, date dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, couvertures et dos conservés (petites déchirures restaurées et un manque en milieu), tête dorée, reliure signée T. Boichot. Bel exemplaire agréablement établi de ce chef-d'oeuvre intemporel. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND].
EUR 4.600,00
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In den Warenkorbcouverture souple. - Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris 1898, 13,5x20cm, broché. - Edition originale sur papier courant. Quelques rousseurs parfois plus franches. Bel exemplaire tel que paru de ce chef-d'oeuvre intemporel. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition on ordinary paper. Some foxing sometimes more marked. A beautiful copy as published of this timeless masterpiece.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
EUR 4.085,31
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Original printed pale green wrappers. A bit smudged and soiled on the wrappers, else near fine. Housed in a chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. The classic French play about the large nosed Cyrano obliged to help another more handsome man woo the beautiful Roxanne who Cyrano already loves. Basis for several popular films including the 1950 production starring Jose Ferrer, winner of the 1950 Oscar for the Best Actor.
Verlag: William Heinemann, London, 1898
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
Erstausgabe
EUR 399,45
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In den WarenkorbFirst U.K. Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); original two-toned green cloth housed in mid-20th century home-made dust jacket with hand-decorated spine; [4];294pp. Spine a bit darkened and slightly cocked, corners gently bumped, else Very Good or better. The author's best-known play, adapted numerous times for film, including "Roxanne" (1987), starring Steve Martin; a 1990 adaptation starring Gérard Depardieu; and, tangentially, Ayn Rand's "Love Letters," 1945.
Verlag: Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Eugène Fasquelle, Éditeur, 1898, 1898
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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EUR 42.231,77
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition, tirage de tête, number 48 of 50 deluxe copies printed on japon; a very rare survival in the original decorated wrappers, which are unique to the japon issue. It is the only such example we can trace in commerce. Rostand's verse play has, since its debut performance on 27 December 1897 (at which the audience were still applauding a full hour after the curtain fell), captivated audiences and readers around the globe and immortalized the 17th-century libertine writer on which its lead character was based. His heroic depiction single-handedly changed the meaning of the French word "panache" (flamboyance and reckless courage, from the cavalryman's plume) into a virtue and also introduced the word into the English language. Octavo. Text in French. Original green florally patterned wrappers, front cover lettered in orange, edges uncut. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Some sunning around spine, light rubbing to ends and corners, and superficially to front joint, otherwise a near-fine copy.
Verlag: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1898
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
Erstausgabe
EUR 4.085,31
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In den WarenkorbFirst Edition. First edition. 225 pp. Bound in publisher's pale green wraps. Very Good+ with slightly rubbed and toned wraps, slight curve to bottom corner, concave spine creased with a little chipping at ends, occasional foxing to text. Nice condition overall. The classic French play in verse about a multi-talented nobleman whose huge schnoz is the only thing standing in the way of his finding love-- namely the love of Roxane. He finds a hunk to be his proxy but things don't go smoothly. The basis of many stage and screen adaptations including the 1987 Steve Martin film Roxanne.
Anbieter: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, Dänemark
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EUR 3.656,83
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In den WarenkorbParis, 1898. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with five raised bands, gilt spine. Single gilt lines to boards. Capitals and corners worn. Inner hinges a bit weak. With Eugen Zabel's book plate to inside of front board, a postcard depicting Edmond Rostand's residense at Cambo, obviously posttamped on verso, pasted on to front free end-paper, contemporary newspaper-clipping about the numerous performances of "Cyrano von Bergerac" around the world pasted in to hinge of fly-leaf, where the presentation-inscription (for Eugène Zabel) is written, and finally, the original handwritten address in Rostand's hand, cut out from the envelope in which the book was sent to Zabel, is pased into hinge of half-title. Internally nice and clean. First edition, 136th thousand (same year as the first), presentation-copy "à M. Eugène Zabel/ très cordial envoi, -/ remerciement, -/ et sympathie./ Edmond Rostand/ Octobre 98" of Rostand's masterpiece, which against all odds became one of the most popular plays of the century and an overnight success throughout Europe.At the end of the 19th century in France, as well as in the rest of Europe, the industrialization was the force that dominated almost all aspects of society, i.e. everything from politics and sociology to science, art, philosophy, etc. And thus, also literature and theatre in this period were products of this new power. This meant that the trend that became prevailing within literature and drama was that of realism, which in France soon developed into naturalism. In the midst of this all-encompassing emphasis on objective documentation of everyday life which rejected romance, idealization and dreaming of any kind, emerged suddenly a work that no one could believe would have any success whatsoever, but which against all odds became the hugest dramaturgical success of the period and a theatrical monument that has been remembered ever since and which still stands as thus: Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac", the unlikely play about romantic heroes, fairy-tale like maidens, medieval-inspired sword-fights, about poetry, love, and art. The play had been taken on already in 1897, when the manuscript was finished, but the directors of the theatre regretted their decision immediately, not least due to the public reaction to the "outdated" romantic comedy-drama, which nobody would want to go see, and thus they severely cut the budget so that Rostand had to pay for all the costumes himself. Even the actor playing the main part, a leading actor at the time, regretted having taken the part, and Rostand is reported to have apologized to him for involving him in this "disastrous adventure". "Therefore, when the curtain rose on "Cyrano de Bergerac" for the first time on December 28, 1897, expectations were low. The audience, however, was about to be pleasantly surprised. From the hero's last first majestic entrance to his last farewell, he transfixed his viewers. Theatergoers cheered Cyrano's triumphs, sighed at his suffering, laughed at his witty wordplay, and cried as his fate became known. A full hour after the curtain fell, the audience was still applauding thunderously. It is not easy to explain why Rostand's play confounded everyone by becoming one of the century's greatest smash hits. Perhaps the answer lies in "Cyrano de Bergerac's" stark contrast to the grimly realistic plays of its day, which often focused on modern society's darkest problems. The figure of the swashbuckling Cyrano dueling his way across the stage and stunning his compatriots with his verbal cleverness took Paris by storm. In fact, many critics, both of Rostand's time and later, attributed the play's tremendous success to its romanticism, or emphasis on idealism and heroism." (Glencoe Literature Library, Study Guide for Cyrano de Bergerac).The work immediately became a huge success and within a very short amount of time, it had been translated into almost all European languages and was performed at theatres throughout Europe.Eugen Zabel w.
EUR 794,37
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In den WarenkorbROSTAND, Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC: A Play In Five Acts. Translated from the French by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 12mo., two-toned green cloth. First English Edition. Boldly signed by American actor Otis Skinner in pencil on the front endpaper and dated 1898. Skinner [1858-1942] was a leading actor of his day and, although he played roles in various French dramas, he never played Cyrano. An uncommon book and the basis for two movies: the 1950 version, starring Jose Ferrer, and the 1990 version, starring Gerard Depardieu. Ferrer won an Academy award for his portrayal of Cyrano and the 1990 movie received five nominations, including ones for Depardieu and for Best Foreign Film. Very Good (spine darkened). $875.00.