The Three-Cornered Hat. Woodcuts by Fritz Kredel
New York: H. Bittner & Company, 1944. Kredel, Fritz. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 151, (1)pp. Gray pictorial dust jacket, spine lettered in black, over decorative mustard cloth stamped & lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 21 hand-colored text woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Edition limited to 500 copies printed by Victor & Jacob Hammer at the Wells College Press in Aurora, NY. Spine of d.j. a bit age toned, otherwise a near fine copy.
This work, originally published in 1874 under the Spanish title, "El Sombrero de Tres Picos," has been newly translated into English by Lawrence Meyer Levin.
Note: it has been reported that the colored woodcuts in this book were colored in only some of the copies. Near fine - / very good +. Item #51380
Price: $100.00