Volker Liederbuch (Volker Songbook)
Leipzig: Verlag Versandhaus der Deutschen Turnerschaft Erich Eberhardt, 1928. Third edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 279 (1)pp. Original bright green paper-covered boards with dark green lettering and decor on cover, green lettering on spine. Extensive collection of German songs edited by Edmund Neuendorf. Contains two hundred and twenty-three songs with scores partitioned into gymnastics and hiking songs, patriotic songs, songs for celebrations, songs from German legends and history, soldier songs, songs about love and sorrow, nature songs, songs for fun and about sadness. Illustrated with full page in in-text lithographic woodcut reproductions by W. Donath (one in color), W. Heimes, Mattonet, K. Ballhaus, and W. Schulze, all of them adolescents. Six lines of song text nicely inked to front free endpaper. Text in German, Gothic script. Boards slightly bent outward with some light fraying at tail of spine, partly cracked back joint and small chips at head of spine. Small dealer sticker on inside front cover. Block with light age-toning. Binding in good-, interior in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #47925
Price: $200.00