Limited Editions Club, 1963. #8/1500. Complete with slipcase, Monthly Letter, advance announcement, and glassine. Illustrated with 19 wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and signed by him. Translation by Leo Wiener. Introduction by Ernest J. Simmons. Printed in 12-point Bembo at The Spiral press by Joseph Blumenthal on Basingwerk Parchment from Abbey Mills in Wales. Bound by Russell-Rutter in blue and tan buckram designed by Blumenthal. 10th book in the Thirty-first Series, LEC Bibliography #348.
Book is Near Fine. Clean interior, no bookplates or markings of any kind. Covers clean, gilt title on spine bright and unblemished. Very well preserved by the glassine, which is entirely intact. All page edges spotless.
Slipcase is Near Fine, structurally sound with light shelf wear on the sides. Spine label well preserved.
Monthly Letter features a short essay by Eichenberg called "Confessions of a Wood-Engraver." Discusses his history with and love of wood-engraving.