Author: ROSEGGER, PETER
Title: Alpengeschichten. [Erste Auflage; First edition].
Description: Stuttgart, Carl Krabbe, 1896. 8°. Original padded full black morocco, gilded title on front cover and spine. Original gilded and decorative broacade endpapers. Top edge gilded. Hftitle with a red coloured portrait (verso blank), ti.-p. printed in red and black coloured type with monochrome publ. device at tail. [1]p. (author's preface), 93pp. Large monochrome illustrated initials, monochrome endpieces, [10]pp. of illustrated publ. advert. at rear end, table of contents. A collection of 4 german language romantic alpine stories. srt in Ausria. A de-luxe copy in a very fine extraordinary binding.

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