Ottomar Starke — Schippeliana

Leipzig, Kurt Wolff, 1917 . First edition. Hardback. Subtitled, 'a bourgeois picture book', this is the first edition of Ottomar Starke's collection of illustrated plates depicting Carl Sternheim's play 'Burger Schippel&apos. In the original German.The first edition of this collection of illustrations from German set designer, graphic artist, author and translator Ottomar Starke, consisting of Starke's illustrations for the comedy play 'Burger Schippel' by Carl Sternheim.The play remains popular in Germany, but along with Sternheim's other works, it is rarely performed in the English language. Sternheim himself provides the forward of the work.Illustrated with fifty plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Fading to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with the odd spot only. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Ottomar Starke. Very Good Indeed .