Title: Für unsere Einjährigen Author: with verse by Adolf Holst Gertrud Caspari Publisher: Alfred Hahn's Verlag, Leipzig Published: 0000 Binding: Hardcover Language: German Number of Pages: 14 Catalogs: Children's Picture Books, Juvenile, German Description: For Our One-Year-Olds, no date, circa 1920. Original paper-covered cloth boards with cloth spine, color printing on boards. Pages are board as well. First, second, and last board are detached, and spine is mostly attached to first board, though greatly torn and frayed. Tips of all boards exposed, and some wrinkling to cover paper. Gertrud Caspari (1873-1948) is considered one of the most important German children's book illustrators of the 20th century, with illustrations mainly in lithography. Her style incorporated bright flat colors, and she was instrumental in the design of the books as well, with pages made for child-friendly handling. Adolf Holst (1867-1945) was an editor and children's author with over 200 children's picture books, illustrated poetry collections, and fairy tale series. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 14 pages, horizontal quarto, board book.
