[Rarebooks] FS: SLOVENLY PETER, likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward Scissorhands

[Charles Agvent]

[TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel)] HOFFMAN, Heinrich. SLOVENLY PETER. New 
York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 
12-1/2") bound in gilt-stamped red half morocco leather with color cloth 
sides with a lithographed design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Copy #1262 of 
1500 numbered copies illustrated with water-colors by Fritz Kredel 
adapted from the original illustrations by Dr. Hoffman and hand-colored 
in the studio of Fred Fulton. Issued unsigned. BAL 3555. The First 
English translation of this German children's classic by Mark Twain with 
a foreword by his daughter Clara Clemens and an introduction by Philip 
Hofer. Quite likely the inspiration for the movie character Edward 
Scissorhands. About Fine in worn glassine and chemise in a Very Good 
slipcase with some wear. (#017950)        $300.00

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