LIEBE SONNE, LIEBE ERDE

by Christian Morgenstern, Elsa Eisgruber

$200 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling, 1943 . First edition. First printing of this book of simple poetry published during WWII, presenting idyllic images of German childhood. Very good plus. Item #8786 Gerhard Stalling was a right-wing publisher under the Nazi regime, specializing in works that very much towed the party line. Although not explicitly nationalistic, the idealized illustrations

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