[Rarebooks] FS: CHILDREN, BEWARE THE BERGGEIST KRAKONAS OF THE GIANT MOUNTAINS

[Bob Petrilla]

Koch, Rosalie . DER BERGGEIST IM RIESENGEBIRGE: Fortsetzung der neuen
Sammlung der schonsten Sagen und Marchen vom Rubezahl. Berlin: Winckelmann
und Sohne, Circa 1879. First Edition. pp: vi, 249; 8 color plates. Bound in
half black morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt rules on
spine and corners; prior owner's signature and date (1879) on verso of
frontispiece with some show-through. 6.75" x 5" Near Fine.
Koch (1811-1880) adapts an old folk tale, the legend of the Berggeist
Krakonas in the Sudetes mountain range, the so-called Giant Mountains of
the Czech Republic.   $50.00

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