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Three Poetry Books in German – Bibliophile Editions
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Three poetry books in German printed in bibliophile editions:
* Die trunkene Mette durch vier deutsche Jahrhunderte gelesen von Ernst Schulte Strathaus und Karl Wolfskehl, bestellt von d. Gesellsch. Leipzig: W. Drugulin, 1909. German.
Anthology of wine and drunkenness poems, among them poems by Goethe and Schiller. Numbered copy 151/200, signed by Karl Wolfskehl. Handwritten dedication by Ernst Schulte-Strathaus on the endpaper.
Enclosed is a booklet: Grüße und wünsche zum achtzigsten geburtstag dankbar zu erwidern [wishes and congratulations for the eightieth birthday], with a portrait photograph of Ernst Schulte Strathaus and his signature.
76, [1] pp, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Torn spine, partly detached. Defects to binding.
* Die Weisheit des Dschuang-Dse in deutschen Lehrgedichten, Vincenz Hundhausen. Leipzig: Pekinger, 1926. German.
A work in two parts: Leben und Menschen and Leben und Sinn. Poems composed by Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955), a German professor in Peking University in China, who occasionally wrote poetry.
Each part was printed in a separate booklet in black and red ink. The booklets are thread-bound and covered with blue silk. Both booklets are inserted in a cloth-covered cardboard slipcase.
Part one: 66 pp, part two: [2], 67-126 pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Defects to case.
* Die Gedichte aus der Tröstung der Philosophie, Konrad Weiss. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, [1956]. German.
A poetry book by Konrad Weiss with epilogue by the philosopher Josef Pieper. Numbered copy 195/1000.
130, [2] pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Cardboard slipcase.
* Die trunkene Mette durch vier deutsche Jahrhunderte gelesen von Ernst Schulte Strathaus und Karl Wolfskehl, bestellt von d. Gesellsch. Leipzig: W. Drugulin, 1909. German.
Anthology of wine and drunkenness poems, among them poems by Goethe and Schiller. Numbered copy 151/200, signed by Karl Wolfskehl. Handwritten dedication by Ernst Schulte-Strathaus on the endpaper.
Enclosed is a booklet: Grüße und wünsche zum achtzigsten geburtstag dankbar zu erwidern [wishes and congratulations for the eightieth birthday], with a portrait photograph of Ernst Schulte Strathaus and his signature.
76, [1] pp, 27.5 cm. Good condition. Torn spine, partly detached. Defects to binding.
* Die Weisheit des Dschuang-Dse in deutschen Lehrgedichten, Vincenz Hundhausen. Leipzig: Pekinger, 1926. German.
A work in two parts: Leben und Menschen and Leben und Sinn. Poems composed by Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955), a German professor in Peking University in China, who occasionally wrote poetry.
Each part was printed in a separate booklet in black and red ink. The booklets are thread-bound and covered with blue silk. Both booklets are inserted in a cloth-covered cardboard slipcase.
Part one: 66 pp, part two: [2], 67-126 pp, 25 cm. Good condition. Defects to case.
* Die Gedichte aus der Tröstung der Philosophie, Konrad Weiss. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, [1956]. German.
A poetry book by Konrad Weiss with epilogue by the philosopher Josef Pieper. Numbered copy 195/1000.
130, [2] pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Cardboard slipcase.
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books