Vintage Hermann Hesse Gesammelte Briefe 4 Vol Hardcover Set Suhrkamp German
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Vintage Hermann Hesse Gesammelte Briefe 4 Vol Hardcover Set Suhrkamp German. Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Vintage Hermann Hesse Gesammelte Briefe 4 Vol Hardcover Set Suhrkamp German Four-volume hardcover set with teal dust jackets showing significant wear: all jackets have edge rubbing, small tears, and chipping at spine ends and corners, with the jacket on Band 1 especially worn, faded, and tattered with larger losses and wrinkling. Teal cloth boards beneath are generally clean and sound, with some sun-fading and light soiling along lower edges and rubbing at spine ends. Page edges exhibit moderate, even age toning, but the interiors are clean and unmarked in the photographed sections, with no highlighting, underlining, or owner inscriptions and tight, square bindings. Complete set of four volumes with jackets; no bookplates, remainder marks, or supplemental inserts are present. 6P Title: Gesammelte Briefe: Erster Band 1895–1921; Zweiter Band 1922–1935; Dritter Band 1936–1948; Vierter Band 1949–1962. Author: Hermann Hesse; in Zusammenarbeit mit Heiner Hesse und Ursula Michels; herausgegeben von Volker Michels. Format: Vintage four-volume hardcover set in teal cloth with printed teal dust jackets. Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Publication details: German-language editions printed in Germany by MZ-Verlagsdruckerei GmbH, Memmingen, including "Erste Auflage 1979" for the Zweiter Band 1922–1935 and "Erste Auflage 1986" for the Vierter Band 1949–1962, with full copyright and printing information as shown in the photos. Language: German; original German-language correspondence. Series: Gesammelte Briefe (Collected Letters) presenting Hermann Hesse's correspondence across four chronological volumes from 1895 to 1962. Subject/Genre: Letters and correspondence; literary biography; twentieth-century German and Swiss literature; world literature and classics. Narrative type and contents: Nonfiction epistolary collection comprising personal and professional letters arranged chronologically within each volume, with headings indicating recipients, locations such as Montagnola or Zürich, and precise dates. Editorial apparatus: Footnotes and editorial notes at the bottom of many pages, contextual introductions to individual letters, and bibliographic references prepared in collaboration with Heiner Hesse and Ursula Michels under the editorship of Volker Michels. Physical details: Medium-format hardcovers with teal cloth boards, black spine titles, cream-colored endpapers, and text set in an easy-to-read serif typeface on cream paper stock. Interior features: Each volume opens with title and copyright pages followed by numbered letters, many running several pages, with clear page headers and footnotes for sources, prior publication, and explanatory comments. Intended audience: Adult readers, students, and scholars of Hermann Hesse, German-language literature, and twentieth-century intellectual and cultural history. Special notes: Complete four-volume set covering Hesse's correspondence from 1895 through 1962, published by Suhrkamp Verlag in Germany. Approximate weight: 5 lb 11 oz for the four volumes together, based on the scale reading shown. Condition details: see condition field. 00009625
