Hans / Jean Arp - Wortträume, plus 9 more first edition poetry books [german] - 1953/1989

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1 Wortträume und schwarze Sterne. Auswahl aus den Gedichten der Jahre 1911-1952 – Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag, 1953 – 94 pp., paperback – 1st edition - Nice copy with light cupboard and handling traces.
2 Auf einem Bein – Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag, 1955 – 26 pp., paperback – 1st edition – Slightly soiled copy.
3 Unsern täglichen Traum… Erinnerungen, Dichtungen und Betrachtungen aus dem Jahre 1914-1954 – Zürich: Verlag der Arche, 1955 – 127 pp., cloth binding – 1st edition – binding slightly soiled.
4 Worte mit und ohne Anker – Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag, 1957 – 100 pp., hardcover – 1st edition – Nice copy; the portrait of Arp by Richard Huelsenbeck in the front is missing; stain on back cover.
5 Mondsand – Pfullingen: Verlag Günther Neske, 1960 – [60] pp., paperback – 1st edition – Beautiful copy with slightly discolored binding
6 Sinning Flames. Neue Gedichte – Zürich: Verlag der Arche, 1961 – 69 pp., hardback. – Nice copy with light case and handling traces.
7 Gesammelte Gedichte 1903-1939 – Zürich: Verlag der Arche, 1963 – 248 pp., cloth binding with dust jacket – 1st edition – Neat copy with shelf and handling marks, small tear in front cover.
8 Logbuch des Traumkapitäns – Zürich: Verlag der Arche, 1965 – 55 pp., hardcover – 1st edition – Nice copy with light cupboard and handling traces.
9 (with Jan Tschichold) – Der gestiefelte Stern – Zürich: Die Arche, 1978 – 40 pp., hardcover with cover – 1st edition – Facsimile edition of proof edition edited by the typographer Tschichold of never published edition – Very nice copy with very light discolored cover.
10 The one is the other Land: Schäl mir eine Fee. Aus den französischen Texten von Arp herausgegeben von Gregor Laschen und ins Deutsche brought von Heribert Becker [etc.] – Berlin: Literarisches Colloquium Berlin/Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1989 – 191 pp., paperback – 1st edition – Like new. 67562383 Read more