Schwitters, Kurt & Steinitz, Käthe
Die Märchen vom Paradies. Band 1: 1. Der Hahnepeter, 2. Der Paradiesvogel, 3. Das Paradies auf der Wiese. 'Aposs' 2; offwhite wrappers decorated on both sides in green and black after design by Kurt Schwitters.
Hannover,Apossverlag, 1924. First edition; printed after typographic design by Kurt Schwitters by A. Molling & Comp., Hannover; 267 x 223 mm.; pp. 31 + (1); with many illustrations throughout by Käthe Steinitz and Kurt Schwitters. Inside frontcover a picturepostcard with a Lippizaner rider from Vienna glued in (now loosened), sent by Käthe Steinitz (alias 'Muttututt') to her daughters Ilse and Liselotte, with a description of her visit to a Berlin 'Reiterschule' where she saw riding 8 children (dated 8 nov. 1925). There are 2 different covers of the first editon of this book: in 1925 Schwitters incorporated Die Märchen (...) in his Merz series as no. 16/17 by glueing a large label printed "MERZ 16/17.1925 / II" - like a collage - over the middle of the original frontcover. Frontcover at upper and lower right corner worn off, worn spine neatly rebacked. Schmalenbach-Bolliger 244, p.188,89 (ill.), Spencer 41 (ill.), KSTW 26 (ills.).
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