[Bill Wittliff Collection] Richard Herzfeld

Silhouetten [w/ Illustrations Signed by the Artist]

Richard Herzfeld. Erhard Amadeus Dier, illustrator. Silhouetten: Gedichten Eines Deutsch-Amerikaners (Silhouettes: Poems of a German-American). Wien: Artur Wolf, 1927. First edition. 
With illustrations signed by Erhard Amadeus Dier. 
Octavo. 76pp. Illustrated with 16 pencil signed monochrome etchings by Dier. Publisher’s red half-leather over textured paper boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endleaves. Housed in card slipcase. Text in German. 
From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer and screenwriter from Austin Texas, founder of the Encino Press. 

Spine slightly sunned; light soiling and wear to boards; scattered foxing to textblock edges; minor uniform toning throughout; slipcase rubbed and stained. Very good. Item #2937

Price: $1,250.00