Das Bastel-Ei

Larsch, Kurt; Gertrud Neumann-Hechler. Das Bastel-Ei. Leipzig: Rudolf Arnold, 1963. First edition. Octavo. 20pp. Original red quarter-cloth over color illustrated boards with red and black lettering on cover. Illustrated endpapers. Title page with four color lettering and publisher’s device. A jolly picture book for boys and girls from seven years up. Idea and design by Kurt Larch, text by Gertrud Neumann-Hechler. Addressing the children the author draws parallels between the form of birds and the egg in her introduction, animating them to explore the possibilities to create various birds, using the form of an egg as a base. Introducing eight birds, sparrow, raven, stork, marabou, rooster, penguin, parrot, and ducks, and the aids to be used to create them, the book reveals the necessary steps through vibrant modernist screen-printed color illustrations. Text in German. Binding with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (45757) $75