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Die Stopfnadel
[Darning needle]

Item date(s): 1985

Hans Christian Anderson  - (author)
Peter Malutzki  - (illustrated by)


Pages: 45pp
Size: 226mm
Binding: A darning needle is embedded in the front cover
Language: German
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #88/135


Place publication: Lahnstein, Germany
Publisher: FlugBlatt-Presse

Additional notes:
The text was taken from an old translation of Andersen's fairy tales and partially revised.

Line and typesetting material, clichés, line cuts, wooden type, images of fashion catalogues and a clipping from the "Frankfurter Postzeitung" from 1852 (p19).The gilding was done with real gold leaf, the remaining metal effects with bronzing powder.

Ref: GB/31096



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