NACHTMAHR: SELTSAME GESCHICHTEN. München: Georg Müller, 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-360 [361] [362: blank] [363: table of contents] [364-368: ads], original decorated green boards, front and spine panels printed in black, top edge stained yellowish green. First edition. First printing with "1. bis 20. Tausend" on the copyright page. Collects seven weird tales, including "Die Hinrichtung des Damiens" ("The Execution of Damiens"), by this major figure of Weimar decadence. Bloch (2004) 924. Small contemporary bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Binding leaned, spine panel and part of rear cover sunned, abrasion to rear outer joint, pulpy text paper tanned but still supple, a very good copy of a fragile book. (#143511).
Price: $250.00
"1. bis 20. Tausend" on copyright page.