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Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schöpfung. Indianische Legende.. Zürich, Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1936., 1936.
Price: US$16.42 + shipping
Description: Leinen, Einband wasserfleckig und lichtrandig, 80 Seiten. Werbeprämie für Mitglieder der Büchergilde. Nummeriertes Exemplar 2777.
Seller: Antiquariat Klabund Wien, Wien, Austria
Price: US$17.51 + shipping
Description: Ganzleinen, großes 8°, 80 S., Nr. 2394 der Buch-Prämie für die Mitglieder der büchergilde Guter Zustand
Seller: Antiquariat Zinnober, Berlin, Germany
Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schöpfung. Eine Indianische Legende.. Zürich Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1936.
Price: US$25.17 + shipping
Description: Erstausgabe. - 8°, 80 S., Oln. - Ohn SU, Einband teilw. lichtgebräunt und hinterer Buchdeckel aussen mit Braunflecken, sonst gut erhalten. /B. Traven schrieb dieses Buch auf besonderen Wunsch des Vorstandes der Büchergilde Gutenberg. Dieses Exemplar der Werbeprämie hat die Nummer 2434 HINWEIS: Versand nach Deutschland und die EU (14-täglich) ab Konstanz EU-verzollt: Keine Verzollungsgebühren für den Empfänger! Sprache: Deutsch
Seller: Antiquariat Artus - Inh. Artus Grenacher, Balterswil, TG, Switzerland
Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An excellent copy with some mild tanning to cover-margins and some tanning to backstrip. Text clean. Binding solid. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An excellent copy with some mild tanning to cover-margins and some tanning to backstrip. Text clean. Binding solid. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Traven, B.;. Die Sonnen-Schöpfung. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zürich, 1936.
Price: US$33.88 + shipping
Description: Untertitel: Indianische Legende Untergebiet: Deutsche Literatur Zustand: Einband leicht beschmutzt. Exemplar ohne Nummer Seiten: 80 S. Auflage: EA Format: Gr.-8°. Einband: Ln. Gebiet: Erstausgaben
Seller: Antiquariat Narrenschiff, Trin, Switzerland
Traven, B.:. Sonnen-Schöpfung. Indianische Legende.. Zch Wien Prag Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1936.
Price: US$33.93 + shipping
Description: 80 S. OLn. (Einband fleckig). Erstausgabe, WG II, 17.
Seller: Antiquariat OKTAV Liselotte Wildi, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$54.72 + shipping
Description: 80 S. OLwd. EA. Nr. 1810. Buchprämie an die Mitglieder der Büchergilde. - Leichte Lichtschatten.
Seller: Antiquariat Weinek, Salzburg, Austria
B. Traven. Sonnen-Schopfung Indianische Legende. Buchergilde, Gutenberg, 1936.
Price: US$57.69 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A bright first edition German retelling of an Indian creation story. A first edition copy.A German retelling of an Indian legend about the creation of the sun and moon.This work was published for the Gutenberg Book Guild, with this volume being number 2268. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. With a bookplate to the front pastedown numbered 146. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schopfung Indianische Legende. Buchergilde Gutenberg, Zurich, 1936.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 80pp. Quarto [25 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The front board is ever so slightly concave. There is a very light, small moisture stain on the top edge of the front cover, and there is a faint 3 and 1/2" long mark on the rear board. The pages are clean and bright. Number line blank. With a tipped in page dated 1938 before the title page. Treverton 868, Recknagel 444, Hagemann 217, Howard 12a. Sonnen-Schopfung is a revised and expanded version of an Indian legend that first appeared in Der Karren.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schöpfung. Indianische Legende. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zurich, 1936.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Original white linen, lettered in red; a fine copy of a handsome book. Wilpert/Gühring 36.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schopfung Indianische Legende. Buchergilde Gutenberg, Zurich, 1936.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 80pp. Quarto [25 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The covers are mildly warped, and ever so slightly browned and stained. The pages are very clean. Number line blank. Treverton 868, Hagemann 217, Howard 12a. Sonnen-Schopfung is a revised and expanded version of an Indian legend that first appeared in Der Karren.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Traven, B.. Sonnen-Schöpfung. Indianische Legende. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zurich, 1936.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Original white linen, lettered in red; slight wear and soiling, very good. Numbered copy from an edition of unspecified size. W / G 17.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in German, preceded by a Czech edition in 1934. First issue with 5 lines of text below number on colophon page [Treverton 868]. A revised and expanded version of an Indian creation myth originally appearing in DER KARREN [The Carreta]; first separate edition thus. This copy number 2,860 of an unknown quantity. (According to the colophon, Traven wrote the book at the special request of the board of the Buchergilde Gutenberg as a premium for its members with the stipulation it only be distributed from Sept. 1, 1936 to June 30, 1937, which would explain it's lack of limitation.) Not published in the U.S. until 1968 -- his last English work. Linen boards stamped in dark orange on front and spine; top edge orange. Scattered foxing, primarily to first and last several leaves, otherwise would be near fine. Lacking the dust jacket, if issued in one.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
TRAVEN, B.. Sonnen-Schopfung: Indianische Legende. Buchergilde Gutenberg, Zurich, 1936.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Cream cloth lettered in red. Previous owner's tiny stamped name, a little toning on the boards, else near fine. Copy number 882 of on unspecified limitation.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Traven's retelling of a creation myth ("indianische legende") concerning the Sun and Moon. Very good copy in cream cloth, with red lettering, slightly soiled.
Seller: PLAZA BOOKS ABAA, Port Townsend, WA, U.S.A.