[SPECIAL PRESS] KASCHUBISCHES WEIHNACHTSLIED [CHRISTMAS SONG]

Werner Bergengruen | Ursula Arndt [Artist]; Gertrude C. Shwebell (Translator)

Editore: Die Arche, Zurich, 1979

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Square 8vo; in the publisher s coarse linen weave cloth binding, with pictorial onlay to the upper board; 26 unnumbered pages with illustrations on the rectos, text on the facing page; with the English translation of the text in a pocket in the back cover; this is number 9 of 40 copies, signed by illustrator Ursula Arndt; colophon is dated 1969.~~The text are poems which together make "Kashubian Carol"; the stanzas making the case that if the Christ Child had been born in Kashubia he would have been well nurtured and taken care of; the colophon has an engraved date of 1969.~~With a laid in additional engraved title page.~~A charming book, apparently issued with a slipcase which is not present; however, the book is housed in a bespoke drop-back box, clad in tan linen, with a morocco label, lined in marbled papers. Fine binding.

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• Titolo: [SPECIAL PRESS] KASCHUBISCHES WEIHNACHTSLIED [CHRISTMAS SONG]
• Editore: Die Arche, Zurich
• Data di pubblicazione: 1979
• Rilegatura: Hard Cover
• Condizione: Fine binding