Die Geschichte des Prinzen Biribinker (The Story of Prince Biribinker) [SIGNED]

Wieland, Chr M. Die Geschichte des Prinzen Biribinker (The Story of Prince Biribinker) [SIGNED]. München: Georg Müller, 1923. First edition. 1/800 (Out of series) Sextodecimo. 240 (3)pp. Original three quarter calf, over decorative paper-covered boards, tooled spine with gilt lettered black and green labels. Red Edges. Half-titles with publisher’s devices GM on first, Books of the Abtei Thelen on second, with decorative border and publisher’s devices on title page. Green ribbon marker. With seven full page etchings by Karl Max Schultheiß. The book is signed by the artist on colophon.

Originally part of Wieland’s first great novel “The Victory of Nature over Puppy Love, or the Adventures of Don Sylvio of Roselva,” an emulation of Don Quichote, as Wieland later confirmed. Schultheiß was a German graphic designer mostly active as an etcher and book illustrator. He emigrated to the USA in 1940 and was selected to become a member of the National Academy of Design in New York. He was awarded the John-Taylor-Arms-Price and exhibited his work at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress. In 1946 he had a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Text in German, Gothic script. Some light wear along edges of binding, Block in very good+ condition. Good to very good condition. Hardcover. (52415) $95