quarter cloth, paper-covered boards
1968 · Neuwied, Germany
by Sternheim, Carl
Neuwied, Germany: Hermann Luch, 1968. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. Masereel, Frans. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (vi), 35, (3) pages. Text in German. 1968 reprint of 1922 edition (Berlin: XVII Druck der Galerie Flechtheim, 1922). Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Sternheim (1878-1942) was a German dramatist who wrote satiric comedies about the values of the middle class. This work portrays an American and his daughter who visit post-World War I Europe. First published in 1921, this edition is illustrated with 10 lithographs by Frans Masereel. Front cover illustrated. Ex-library with markings. Covers tanned, bumped at top corners. (Inventory #: 120791)