DOCTOR FAUST. A PLAY - BASED UPON OLD GERMAN PUPPET VERSIONS
All illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel, Nos. 1 and 2 hand-colored. No. 2, 3, and 4 printed in red and black.
1. DOKTOR FAUST: DAS ALTE PUPPENSPIEL. Frankfurt am Main: Der Golden Brunnen, 1950. 51p. Bound in paper-covered boards with repeating Kredel figures in two shades of green.
2. DOCTOR FAUST. A PLAY BASED UPON OLD GERMAN PUPPET VERSIONS by Harry Owens. Gravesend Press, 1953-54. 50 copies. 36 leaves. Bound in full yapp vellum.
3. (Title as No. 2). Chicago. Caxton Club, 1953. 350 copies. Bound in gilt-titled quarter cloth over paste board covers, t.e.g.
4. (Title as No. 2). NP [Lexington], 1953-54. Laid in manuscript note states: 1/12 copies for V. Hammer on old Austrian paper. Bound in quarter linen over paste paper boards in untitled dust wrapper.
Housed in two green cloth solander boxes. Fine. The vellum binding has some natural staining. Item #23820
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Price: $1,950.00