Puppe Wunderhold und ihre Freundinnen

Cosmar, Antonie. Puppe Wunderhold und ihre Freundinnen. Berlin: Verlag der Plahn’schen Buchhandlung, 1888. Fourth edition. Duodecimo. 290 (3)pp. Original red quarter cloth over richly tooled boards with a color print pasted to and white lettering on cover. Color frontispiece and six additional 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 along edges, small chips. Spine cracked at hinges. Starting at foreword. Block lightly age-toned. Binding in overall fair, interior in good condition. fair to g. Hardcover. (40142) $95