Heinrich Heine: Paradox and Poet The Life by Untermeyer, Louis - 0

Harcourt Brace, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Light damp stains on top outer corners of early pages, damp stains along about 1/4" outer edges of late pages, pages lightly wavy, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, corners curve in at tips, tops of pp. 176-177 discolored from Metro ticket laid in as bookmark, name of former owner written on front endpage. Dust jacket has 1/2" chips on head and heel corners, 1/2" outer edge of front panel faded from rose to tan color, 1" tear on top rear spine conrer, other small creases and tears near edges. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. 403 pages.. Stated First. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jonathan Cape, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. First Edition Thus. 403 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also. Book has a minor backwards lean.

Harcourt Brace and Co., January 1937. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good- Hardcover with No DJ. Signed by author. First Edition. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including rubbing and tearing on corners. Spine ends tearing. Textblock has soiling. Light soiling and yellowing to inside covers and endpapers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

GB: Jonathan Cape, 1938. Maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge red. In near fine condition BUT fore and bottom text edges a bit browned and slight spotting to end papers. Spine very slightly faded.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Near Fine. [1937]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine first edition/first printing, little soiling, edgewear and tanning to pages; Heine is both a paradoxical and a poetic figure, and Louis Untermeyer explores both aspects of his life and work in this well-researched and engaging book. Heine was born in 1797 in a prosperous Berlin family and inherited a considerable fortune. He nonetheless chose to become a poet and struggled unsuccessfully to make a living from his writing. Heine's paradoxical persona - simultaneously proud and humble, intellectual and passionate, idealistic and skeptical - is well-known, but Untermeyer provides a richly detailed portrait of Heine's life and work, exploring his relationships with friends, family, and lovers, his poetic themes, and his use of irony and metaphor. This book is an excellent introduction to one of the most important poets of the nineteenth century.; 8vo; 403 pages .