SLOVENLY PETER

by [TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel)] HOFFMAN, Heinrich

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in chemise with a sunned backstrip in a Very Good slipcase with some wear and fading. Fritz Kredel. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 12-1/2") bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Copy #930 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored in the studio of Fred Fulton. Issued unsigned. BAL 3555. The First English translation of this German children's classic by Mark Twain with a foreword by his daughter Clara Clemens and an introduction by Philip Hofer. Quite likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward Scissorhands.

• Publisher: Limited Editions Club
• Year: 1935
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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