Dolls and Puppets of the Eighteenth Century as Delineated in Twenty Four Drawings by Fritz Kredel
Lexington, KY: The Gravesend Press | printed by Ludwig Oehms at Frankfurt am Main, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Item #9404
18mo. [20] pp., 24 plates. Limited edition, numbered 194 of 500 copies, signed by Kredel. As issued in cloth with leather title label on the spine and gilt vignette on the front cover; in patterned-paper slipcase. An exceptionally nice copy with a bit of sunning to the spine label; only light rubbing to the extremities of the slipcase and a bumped top edge.
A beautiful publication with Kredel's wonderful illustrations here hand-colored through stencils by Schauer & Silvar. Graves writes at the end of the preface, "Fritz Kredel has never let the exacting requirements of his craft interfere with his engaging interest in puppets and dolls. These little drawings (here reproduced on copper in their exact size) are a labor of love." Graves remarks in his bibliographical confession that this book was undoubtedly the most popular work issued by the Press. This copy from the library of Norman Sondheim with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Graves, The Gravesend Press: A Bibliographical Confession, p. 15-17.
Price: $125.00