[Rarebooks] FS: Mark Twain SLOVENLY PETER with Hand-Colored Illustrations by Fritz Kredel

[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 #930 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. Fine in chemise with a sunned backstrip in a Very Good 
slipcase with some wear and fading. (#020386) $200

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