AMERIKANISCHES SKIZZEBUCHELCHE: EINE EPISTEL IN VERSEN

Mayer, 1875. ASMUS, Georg. AMERIKANISCHES SKIZZEBUCHELCHE: EINE EPISTEL IN VERSEN. Koln und Leipzig: Mayer, 1875. 12mo., purple cloth, stamped in gilt. Later Printing. Signed presentation from Asmus on the front endpaper, dated 1883. Georg Asmus [1830-1892], a German poet, resident for many years in America. Among the German population of America, he had an enormous success with this book ‘American Sketch-Booklet’, an epistle in verse, written in upper-Hessian dialect and overflowing with humor.
Very Good (bright). $275.00.