Wien, Vienna: Deutcher Verlag für Jugend und Volk, II Teil. 1923, ausgewählt für Schule und Haus von Viktor Fadrus; brown paper boards with gold, red, and white illustration of Hansel and Grethel; brown cloth spine, brown endpapers, ma. German language hardback. medium. Eight simply told tales with nice illustrations: Rumpelstilzchen.....
Berlin: Grunewald, Verlagsanstalt Hermann Klemm, [1923]; printed in Leipzig, plates printed in Munich no date, with 32 tipped in plates, as issued, by Tenggren. 7.5x10"/19x25.5 cm; 179 pp. German language hardback juvenile. Simply beautiful princesses and terrifying Northern creatures with an ambiance somewhat between the fairy tales of John Bauer.....
Nürnberg: Sebaldus-Verlag, 1944, probably 1st, Published under the order of the Military Government - Information Control License Number US-E 112, (United States Occupation) Märchen der Weltliteratur, I Reihe, Erstes bändchen. first vo. German language hardback. medium. Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and Rose Red and Foundling-Bird. Bright little coloured pictures.....
Zürich: Atlantis Kinderbücher 1967, 1st thus illustrated; white laminated boards with two very serious little elves each working on a red shoe; endpapers with shoe design; 24 x 25.5 cm; np. German language hardback. medium. Very original and charming little people work to help the shoemaker and when he makes.....
Mainz: Verlag Jos. Scholz; 1925/1910; 2nd printing style with bands of Art Nouveau decoration (stylized flowers and vines twining around birds and a wizard in red on each side of the title picture); flat cut with rounded corners and brown cloth spine. German language hardback oblong. The story of a......
Mainz: Verlag Jos. Scholz; 1930/1904; 3rd or later printing style with a side band pattern of navy circles and orange swan knight motif, navy and orange rules; large pasted on plate of the two children; flat cut with rounded corners and orange cloth. German language hardback oblong. An affectionate brother.....
Aarau and Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Sauerlander, 1966, true 1st printing, (1-10 thousand), in German, Text from Kinder und Hausmarchen 1857; beige cloth backed, full colour illustrated boards with four brothers on ship in green sea, brown endpapers w. German language hardback oblong. Four brothers, having gone out to seek.....
Ravensburg: Otto Maier Verlag, No. 2900, red cloth spine, board book with 4 boards and rounded corners. German language hardback. medium. Probably a smaller reproduction of a larger trade book, with a pale skinned, dark haired Snow White and dwarves with character.
Philadelphia: Hugo Sebald, 23 S. 3rd St., (1852?) a new printing with woodcuts from new blocks; "ein neue aufgabe mit holzschnitten nach neuen Zeichnungen"; black spine, white boards with blue cartouche with little coloured drawings from the fables, German language hardback. medium. An early American German Language copy of Hey.....
Gotha: Frederick Andreas Perthes, Jubilaums-Ausgabe Z. XI. [late 1800's]; deep blue violet boards, flat cut, blue label with baby and birds, red borders; 15.4x17 cm; 72 pp. German language hardback. medium. A little book with old lettering and two column text, reproduction of illustrations quite good.
Nürnberg: Schwager & Steinlein, #7800, (company logo on top board, details on record label) [ca 1960]; red boards, white cloth spine, Struwwelpeter stands on a black record with little characters from the stories surrounding him, flat trimme. German language novelty record. medium. Although we won't try to play the record.....
Loewes Verlag, Frankfurter Originalausgabe, (1844) 20th c reprint. German language hardback. medium. A nice bright reprint of this classic, with crisp pages printed on two sides and clean matte boards, pleasantly browning on front.
Philadelphia: The Kohler Publishing Co. no date; printed in German; ivory paper boards with red and black titles and picture, on top with clear faced Peter standing on a board, not plinth, with red striped stockings, on the bottom board, a German str. German language hardback. medium. An unusual item;.....
Aarau, Switzerland; Sauerländer & Co.; 1963, 1st; in Swiss German; orange shiny boards with white titles, illustrated with suns looking at cartouche of little boy and his basket, oblong oblong 8.75x3.8"; np. German/Swiss language small hardback. An old cumulative folktale, charmingly reillustrated. with a branch of green pears on each.....
Nürnberg: Kunstanstalt Schwager & Steinlein (fairly recent I would guess, no date); Struwwelpeter with long nails and hair off his face stands on plinth with "Sieh einal, hier steht er, ...", on the bottom board the familiar "Wenn die kinder. German language hardback medium. A nice clean classic copy with.....
München, Munich: Verlag Braun & Schneider; printed in Germany in 1960 (Struwwelpeter has 1954 date); two books in one, flipped; Struwwelpeter with blue board, simplified plinth and hair in face; Max und Moritz in yellow board, blue and red p. German language hardback. medium. A nice little book with the.....
Leipzig, A. Anton und Co. [from 20's?] #409; glazed paper board with Struwwelpeter on box; gold cloth backed; soft gray back; essay on front and back inner boards; small 5.7x8"; np. German language hardback medium. .
Esslingen, München, Munich: J. F. Schreiber, JFS 01-235, [1959] yellow boards with red paper spine; 8.5x10.25"; np. German language hardback tall. Another version of the Nutcracker story with Hoffmann's strange little figures and the brief appearance of characters from Struwwelpeter. (The E. T. A. Hoffmann story was the one adapted.....
Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag: (1944) p37 - 86 thousand, printed by J. F. Steinkopf, blue cloth spine and gray boards, with four full coloured plates, as issued, 94 pages plus one page of ads. German language medium. 11 stories and lovely, fine watercolours of birds and little animals, especially hedgehogs.....
Hamburg, Leipzig: Alfred Hahns Verlag, no dates, copy number, or printing, assumed 1950's, top board shows subtitle, illustrator, author in two lines not 3 and not in Fraktur; brown illustrated paper boards, blue cloth spine, 21 x 27.5 cm; np. German language hardback. medium. In the midst of a cold.....
Oldenburg i/O: Verlag Gerhard Stallling,1931 probably 1st, no subsequent printings noted, #84,matte black boards with yellow cloth spine, on the front, a very large squirrel running to school with his backpack and mushroom umbrella, on the back the w. German language hardback tall. Engaging pictures of all the animals in.....
Berlin: Winckelmann & Sohnne, (1845), 1872 according to plate signatures, cloth backed pictorial paper boards illustrated in scenes from the stories in full colour of rabbits and cats; 8 coloured lithograph plates, 19x23.7cm; 52 pages. German language hardback. medium. A lovely edition of this book with finely coloured plates of.....
Ravensburg: Otto Maier Velag, 1947/1934, 4th printing; blue softcover wraps with drawing of two little children, with red and pink touches, 17.5 x 23.5; 32 pp. German language softcover. medium. Ideas for ways young mothers can play with their children, Six page pull out with photographs and patterns (uncut).
Worms, Germany: Ernst Wunderlich Verlagsbulchhandlung, 45 - 54 thousand, no date (circa 1950s); wrap around painting with delicate flowers and fairies; in jacket identical to boards; oblong 23.5 x 19.5; 32 pp. German language hardback oblong. Retold for children: "A satirical verse epic in three parts by K. L. Immermann.....
München Munich: Nord -Sud Verlag Monchaltorf, [1965]; red cloth spine, 6 boards (thicker covers) flat cut; top board with rooster on the roof, bottom board with everyone lying in the sunshine; 21.5x16 cm. German language hardback. medium. All the animals and the fiddle player play music all night long, and.....