The Three-Cornered Hat. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel

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  • Hardcover
  • New York: H. Bittner & Company, 1944
By Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de; Lawrence Meyer Levin (translator)
New York: H. Bittner & Company, 1944. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine -/very good +. Kredel, Fritz. Octavo. 151, (1)pp. Gray pictorial dust jacket, spine lettered in black, over decorative mustard cloth stamped & lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 21 hand-colored text woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Edition limited to 500 copies printed by Victor & Jacob Hammer at the Wells College Press in Aurora, NY. Spine of d.j. a bit age toned, otherwise a near fine copy.

This work, originally published in 1874 under the Spanish title, "El Sombrero de Tres Picos," has been newly translated into English by Lawrence Meyer Levin.

Note: it has been reported that the colored woodcuts in this book were colored in only some of the copies.

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Title

The Three-Cornered Hat. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel

Author

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de; Lawrence Meyer Levin (translator)

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

H. Bittner & Company: New York

Date

1944

Edition

First edition thus


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