Schicksale der Puppe Wunderhold

Cosmar, Antonie. Schicksale der Puppe Wunderhold. Berlin: Verlag der Plahn’schen Buchhandlung, 1880s. Ninth Edition. Duodecimo. 275 (5)pp. Original red quarter cloth over richly tooled boards with a color print pasted to and light blue lettering on cover. Color frontispiece and six additional full-page color copperplate prints by Luise Thalheim. Stories told by the doll Wunderhold leading the young reader through the wonders and adventures of fairy tales. Popular with girls but also boys the layout and the illustrations have been adapting over time throughout its numerous editions. Text in German, Gothic script. Boards heavily rubbed with wear and small chips along edges. Spine sunned. Starting at frontispiece; first color print loose but present. Block lightly age-toned. Light foxing of back endpapers. Binding in overall fair, interior in good condition. fair to g. Hardcover. (40141) $75