Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover with red leather spine with gilt lettering; boards covered in color pictorial cloth; 36 pages; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500. Book in fine condition: lower back corner is slightly bumped, otherwise like new. Book is with a hard portfolio cover bound in blue velvety cloth; in good condition only with spine faded and splitting along spine edge. Slipcase in good plus condition with some fading and modest wear. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Seller: The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Pictorial cloth. 34pp. Color illustrations. #1012 of 1500 numbered copies. Translated by Mark Twain. Very good in original glassine dust jacket. In worn original slipcase.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "Translated into English jingles from the original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann by Mark Twain, with Dr. Hoffmann's illustrations adapted from the rare first editions by Fritz Kredel." #524/1500cc. Glassine wrap is missing a large portion of the bottom right corner.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Color-ilustrated cloth boards are fine. The red morocco spine is lettered in gilt, which remains quite bright. Several minor areas of rubbing lower spine and front joint. A very clean and crisp copy. The glassine cover is chipped at base of spine and 1" piece missing bottom of rear panel. The chemise is very lightly worn, small tear at bottom 1/2" of front joint and spine gently sunned. The custom box shows minor wear, with a scuff at bottom rear panel. Translated into English jingles from the original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann by Mark Twain, with Dr. Hoffmann's illustrations adapted from the rare first edition by Fritz Kredel. Printed by the Marchbanks Press in New York for the LEC. Foreward by Clara Clemens, Twain's daughter. This is copy #113/1500, a limited edition. The illustrations were produced through stencils, and colored by hand. Twain originally translated the book in 1891 while in Berlin. First published as "Struwwelpeter" in 1845. 34pp. Size: Quarto
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
[CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Slovenly Peter [Der Struwwelpeter]. , 1935.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: [CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Slovenly Peter [Der Struwwelpeter]. Translated into English Jingles from the Original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann. By Mark Twain with Dr. Hoffmann's Illustrations. Original red-morocco-backed pictorial cloth. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to. One of 1500 numbered copies. Printed by the Marchbanks Press. Small bookplate, else near fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, 34 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter red leather and pictorial cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Housed in publisher's Good navy blue slip case, moderately scuffed and torn along its edges and corners. Also protected by navy blue cloth folding enclosure with heavily worn gilt lettering to heavily faded spine. Minor wear to head and tail of book's spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner's photograph adhered to front free endpaper. Textblock uncut at top edge. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 14. 1379289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slim 4to. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, one of 1500 copies. Lacking slipcase. Offsetting to about an inch of each endpaper at upper and lower hinge. A little dust soiling and minor toning to top edges of spine and boards. Fading and scraping to sleeve, splitting to joints. VG in Good sleeve.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Slovenly Peter (Der Struwwelpeter). Limited Editions Club, 1935.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good book with square binding, foxing, nice boards, and soiling to the fore edge. Glassine wrapper is present, but has small chips and closed tears with related creasing. Slipcase has fading, rubbing, light soiling, small splits, and edgewear. Chemise is present, with rubbing, sunning to the spine, fading, light soiling, and wear.
Seller: Bailey Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Translated into English jingles from the original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, by Mark Twain. With Dr. Hoffmann's illustrations, adapted from the rare first edition, by Fritz Kredel. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Marchbanks Press. Red morocco backed pictorial cloth in chemise and slipcase. Quarto. 34pp. Number 891 of 1500. Uncut. Book itself in v. good condition. Chemise and slipcase are in good to fair condition, with some wear, rubbing, and discoloration; glassine wrapper, excellent.
Seller: Harmonium Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Twain, Mark. Slovenly Peter. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1935.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original gilt-titled morocco spine with pictorial cloth boards, in glassine DJ, slipcase and chemise. The glassine has a small chip to spine end. The morocco spine itself is faintly askew. Else fine condition. The chemise and slipcase are slightly sunned/rubbed. #840 of 1500 copies. ; quarto
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No. 404 of 1500 copies. Unsigned, as issued. Large quarto bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored in the studio of Fred Fulton. Book is Near Fine, with a little offsetting at top and bottom of gutters. In tissue wrapper which is torn at top edge on back. Laid into velvet covered chemise which is sunned on the closed side. In velvet slipcase which is shelf rubbed and a little sunned on edges.
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Large quarto (9-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Copy #930 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored in the studio of Fred Fulton. Issued unsigned. BAL 3555. The First English translation of this German children's classic by Mark Twain with a foreword by his daughter Clara Clemens and an introduction by Philip Hofer. Quite likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward Scissorhands. Fine in chemise with a sunned backstrip in a Very Good slipcase with some wear and fading
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Mark Twain [translator]. Slovenly Peter. Limited Editions Club, 1935.
Price: US$275.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in red quarter leather over decorative boards, in blue crushed velvet slipcase, this number 55 of 1500. An attractive bright clean tight copy in chemise with sun fade in slipcase with rubbing at the edges, else very good book in like case. Introduction by Mark Twain's daughter Clara,
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: Patterned illustrated boards w/ red leather spine, gilt printed. 34 color illustrated, french-folded pgs. glassine jacket. blue velvet portfolio w/ gilt printed spine & patterned illustrated pastedowns. Pages remain bright with ocassional light mark, speck. Color illustrations remain vivid. Foreword written by Twain's daughter, Clara Clemens. Introduction by Philip Hofer. This is Copy 472 of 1500. VG-/Good+/Good- (darkening/tanning to cloth boards; shelf-wear to edges. light, blunt bumping to spine ends w/ rubbing to edges; lower back edge rubbed to board. back hinge edge has an approx 3inch rub/errosion to paper; gutter has an approx 1inch crack w/ upper gutter having a small split seam. glassine jacket oxidized; lower front edge has chips & tears; closed tear to upper edge; back edge chipped & torn; fairly deep open tears to spine ends. portfolio highly scuffed, scratched & smudged; spine sunned; front board detached; back crack w/ 2.5inch to back; front board very fragile; spine top missing; interior tanned)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
TWAIN, Mark (Fritz Kredel). Slovenly Peter. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. Folio. Blue slipcase with blue chemise with gilt lettering on spine, 1/4 red leather over cloth illustrated boards, gilt lettering on spine, orginally written in German by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann who illustrator adapted illustrations from, number 559 of 1500 copies. Very good slipcase, moderate wear to covers and fading to edges, near fine chemise, spine faded, near fine overall, light age toning.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$420.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautiful Special Limited edition/ first printing in Fine condition, being # 1436 of only 1500 made for the members of The Limited editions Club in 1935. Printed on French-folded sheets. Decorative cloth, red morocco shelfback (BAL #3555) Illustrations are very bright, pages show only very little browning. While the original navy cloth slipcover shows considerable wear and tear with bumped corners and spine pulling away from boards, the book itself is exceptionally collectible and scarce in this condition; In the foreword of this limited edition, Twain's daughter Clara explains the circumstances under which her father decided to translate into English the classic German children's book Der Struwwelpeter. Twain was intrigued by the jingles and illustrations about unruly children penned by general practitioner Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann and decided to very loosely "Americanize" the antics of the thumbsucking boy and the match playing little girl. Both Dr. Hoffmann and Twain recognized the dark side of childhood that only another child, whether German or American, can recognize. Basis for Off-Broadway play titled "Shock Headed Peter" in 2003; 4to
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Large quarto (9-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored in the studio of Fred Fulton. Issued unsigned. BAL 3555. The First English translation of this German children's classic by Mark Twain with a foreword by his daughter Clara Clemens and an introduction by Philip Hofer. Of a total edition of 1500 copies, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "789" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's copy. Quite likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward Scissorhands. Fine in a Very Good chemise worn at the heel and a Very Good slipcase with some sunning
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Translated into English jingles from the Original German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann by Mark Twain. With Dr. Hoffman's Illustrations, Adapted from the Rare First Edition, by Fritz Kredel. Folio, publisher's quarter morocco and cloth illustrated in color, in glassine wrapper and publisher's chemise and slipcase. First edition; No. 498 of 1500 copies. A very fine copy. The gold-lettered spine of the chemise is slightly sunned and with a 1/2" split at the top of one joint; and there is slight use and sunning to the slipcase.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Large quarto (9-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Copy #1188 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored in the studio of Fred Fulton. Issued unsigned. BAL 3555. The First English translation of this German children's classic by Mark Twain with a foreword by his daughter Clara Clemens and an introduction by Philip Hofer. Quite likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward Scissorhands. Fine in glassine and a Fine chemise and slipcase with mild sunning. An excellent copy of an attractive book, not often seen in this condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.