Frans Masereel

Berlin: Axel Juncker Verlag, 1923. Limited Edition (#88 of 150). Leatherbound. Very Good. SIGNED. 177 pp. Large octavo [26 cm] bound in full red Morocco with five raised bands and the title gilt on the backstrip. Boards embossed in blind. Top edge gilt. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Rubbing and wear to the raised bands of spine as well as edges and corners of boards. Small bookplate on the front pastedown. Signed by Frans Masereel on the page bearing his self-portrait [at page 32]. Includes 42 woodcut illustrations and a pasted-in photograph of Masereel on verso of title. Text in German. This edition was limited to 150 numbered copies on handmade paper, this is copy number 88.

"Dieses werk wurde im jahre 1923 in der Buchdruckerei Gustav Ascher, Berlin gedruckt. 150 Exemplare wurden auf Butten gesondert abgezogen, numeriert, vom Kunstler signiert und in einen mit der Hand gefertigten Einband gebunden. Dieses Exemplar tragt die Nummer: 88