Bibliothek für die Jugend Nach Pädagogischen Grundsätzen herausgegeben (Signed By the Author)

Vienna, Wien: Alfred Hölder, 1879. 4 vols of this improving series for children 11-13 years of age. 1 Dritte Stufe, Erstes Bändchen, 1879, Zweite Ausgabe, 92 pp. ( pp. 1-14 "Im Himmel" missing) rebound with worn cover preserved, new eps, ink stamps of Allg. Mädchen-Volks. und Burger-Schule, Baden); 2, 1878, III Stufe - 2 Bändchen, 1878, 100 pp., engraved cover a little rubbed, signed on the fpd with dedication by the author to " N. Vogel, 4. Dez. 1877, S. Heller", front hinge and first gather shaken; 3 Zweite Stufe, Erstes Bändchen, Zweite Auflage, 1879, 98 pp. engraved cover, rear hinge cracked inside; 4 Vierte Stufe, Ertses Bändchen, Zweite Auflage, 1886, 99 pp, red cloth with pictorial cover, marks to spine. Apart from the inscription there is a short note by H.R. (Hertha Sladky, the wife of Sigmund Rosenbaum of the Bruder Rosenbaum (on their notepaper) which explains the relationship between the author, Simon Heller and the Rosenbaum family. Simon (1843-1922) was the director of the Israeli Institute for the Blind in Hohe Warte XIX (Vienna). With his son Theodor and Richard Freiherr Krafft-Ebbig (psychiatrist and sexologist) he later founded the institute in Grinzing. Sigmund Rosenbaum's rubber ink stamp on fpd of no. 4. In slip-case. Author signature 14 x 11 Cm. (folded), 45 cm x 55 cm (open). Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 14 x 11 Cm. (folded), 45 cm x 55 cm (open). Book.