Author: RASPE, Rudolf Erich et. al
Title: The Singular Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-5/8") bound in half polished black calfskin, gold-stamped, with French marbled paper sides. A definitive text edited, and with an introduction, by John Carswell. Illustrated with pen and water-color drawings by Fritz Kredel, hand-colored by Walter Fischer. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the letters "FK" are handwritten indicating that this is the artist Fritz Kredel's very own copy. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Fritz Kredel. Spine tips rubbed; otherwise, a tight, fresh copy. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split along one edge, partly taped, and the backstrip label partly rubbed away .

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