Seeland … Mit 5 Radierungen von Karl Walser

Zürich: Max Rascher, 1920. First edition. No. 96 of 500 copies on feinstem holzfreiem Papier (finest wood-free paper), signed by the artist. Total edition of 600. With five plates, original etchings by Karl Walser. 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original quarter parchment gilt and wood grained paper over boards, t.e.g. Very good (some very light scholarly annotations and translations in margins in pencil throughout). First edition. No. 96 of 500 copies on feinstem holzfreiem Papier (finest wood-free paper), signed by the artist. Total edition of 600. With five plates, original etchings by Karl Walser. 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Five stories by Robert Walser (1878-1956), illustrated by his brother, and the second book of Walser’s published by Rascher. Paul Cassirer was a principal of the publishing firm, the emphasis of which was publication of the artist Karl Walser. Becuase of Karl’s ill-health book was delayed until Autumn, 1920. Only the first hundred copies of this issue are reported to have been signed by the artist. Wilpert/Gühring 15; Schäfer 14; Badorrek-Hoguth A 32.1