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Lot 242
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
500
Price Realized
$512
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Lot Description
[CHILDREN'S BOOKS - STRUWWELPETER]. HOFFMANN, Heinrich (1809-1894). A group of 14 early German editions and pastiches, including:
1) Der Stuwwelpeter. Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, 1876. "Jubilee edition."
2) Der pädagogisch verbesserte Struwwelpeter. Munich: Braun & Schneider, 1880. Original pictorial wrappers.
3) Der Struwwelpeter. Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber, n.d. [ca 1890]. (Title-page torn away, old tape repair to upper cover.) Rare die-cut pictorial boards. We could not locate any copies in this binding.
4) Melodien zu Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter. Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, 1900.
5) OLSZEWSKI, Karl Ewald. Der Kriegs-Struwwelpeter lustige Bilder und Verse. Munich, 1915.
And 9 others. Together, 14 works in 14 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, all in original pictorial bindings, condition generally good (a few titles in fair condition). A complete list available upon request.
This lot is located in Chicago.