Author: Ewers, Hans Heinz
Title: Die Verkaufte Grossmutter. Ein Deutsches Märchenbuch
Description: Munich: Georg Muller, 1923. 1923. Munich: Georg Muller, 1923. 1923. Good. - Octavo, green cloth backed pictorial orange paper over boards titled & illustrated in black within deep orange frames on the front cover. The covers are slightly soiled and rubbed with 2 small chips to paper which covers the boards. 227 & [iii] pages and 2 ads, fantastically illustrated with 12 black & white plates by Paul Haase. The lower edge of the front hinge and the top corner of first sixty leaves are dampstained. Good.

Inscribed by Ewers in German with 4 lines of playful doggerell "Wish I had my little doggie Dofie / (Had it since it was pussy wup!) / It could stand upon its' little hind legs, / Hold its little front legs up!" . Good .

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; GERMAN; SIGNED; INCSRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; LITERATURE; FANTASY; HANS HEINZ EWERS; DIE VERKAUFTEGROSSMUTTER; PLATES; PAUL HAASE; DOGGEREL; SIGNATURE.

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