Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller - Old and Rare Books

Almanach auf das Jahr 1919 [WITH ORIGINAL GRAPHICS]

Gurlitt, Fritz (Editor)

Berlin: Verlag Fritz Gurlitt, 1917. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. [2] 147 [1]pp., 25 plates, xxxvi pp. Original beige stiff wraps with original graphics by César Klein on covers, and red lettering on cover and spine, protected by modern mylar. Publisher's device on half-title. Frontispiece original b/w lithograph by Ikarus. Title page with original vignette and double framing printed in red and black. Covers, prefix and calendar design by César Klein. Printed at Gustav Ascher GmbH, Berlin.

Following title page are eight pages with four offset reproduction of drawings by César Klein and calendar with red framing on versos. In addition, the Almanach contains an original lithograph of a self-portrait by Lovis Corinth, facing page 68, and an original woodcut by Max Pechstein, facing page 102. The thirty-six pages of Gurlitt publications at rear include original graphics and art plates.

This magnificent catalog contains thirty-three line etchings by Lovis Corinth, Max Pechstein, Edward Munch, César Klein, Erich Heckel, Paul Scheurich, Otto Müller, including the publisher's signet by E. R. Weiß. The Almanach also includes an impressive array of offset reproductions of artwork by Max Slevogt, Lovis Corinth, Oskar Kokoschka, César Klein, Max Pechstein, Ferdinand Holder, Willi Geiger, Wilhelm Trübner, Charlotte Berend, Hans Thoma and others. Printed on Japan paper. Thirty-six pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding. Overall in very good, artwork in near fine condition. Very good to near fine. Item #55121

Price: $350.00