Description:
Wilhelm Adam, 1926. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good+ in wraps (wraps bumped) 4to, oblong Rare German edition of Sufi poems. One of 300 press-numbered copies printed letterpress in Mendelssohn-Schrift type.
Die Terzinen von der Sphinx. by MEINKE, HANNS - 1926
by MEINKE, HANNS
Die Terzinen von der Sphinx.
by MEINKE, HANNS
- Used
- Paperback
Minden-Westfalen: I.C.C. Bruns, 1926. About fine. Minden-Westfalen: I.C.C. Bruns, 1926. 4to, dark green paper wrappers with striking arabesque design in deep pink and silver. About fine. One of 200 cop ies of a poem in rhyming verses of three stanzas (tercets) in celebration of the poet Max Bruns' fiftieth birthday. Calligraphy and arabesque decoration by Hanns Meinke, inspired by animal motifs from old Indian designs. Double-opening title page wi th arabesque borders. Pages of the poem in calligraphy within green and purple borders with animal and fruit motifs. . Decorated Wrappers. Fine.. Illus. by Hans Meinke... 4to.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Illustrator Hans Meinke..
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Fine.
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher I.C.C. Bruns
- Place of Publication Minden-Westfalen
- Date Published 1926
- Keywords ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & CHILDREN'S ART DECO LITERATURE , HANNS MEINKE, MAX BRUNS
- Size 4to