CARMEN

Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. Publisher's original quarter calf and boards, spine gilt extra, upper board lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Pictorial title, plates and illustrations. Edges a bit rubbed, with very shallow loss to calf at toe of spine, a few faint marginal finger smudges, light foxing to endleaves and edges, old two letter annotation on free endsheet, otherwise a very good copy. First edition in this format. Translated by Elfriede Willis, and illustrated with twelve full-page, and numerous in-text lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag (1880-1945). Apart from the lithographed pictorial title, each of the other 11 full-page hors-text lithographs is signed in pencil in the lower margin by the artist. One of 450 numbered copies printed by Poeschel & Trepte in Leipzig. (Inventory #: WRCLIT58713)