26 x 21 cm. 193 pages. With 13 full-page original woodcuts. Fawn-brown original calfskin binding with gilt spine title, rich ornamental blind embossing, and gilt head edges. - First edition. One of 75 numbered copies of the deluxe edition, bound on laid paper and in leather. This edition includes an extra suite of signed hand-printed impressions on Chinese paper. The publisher's imprint is signed by the author. His novels and short stories reveal a strong inclination toward the bizarre and fantastical, the fairytale-like and grotesque, but also a pronounced penchant for social and political satire and the parody of self-satisfied bourgeois society. Carl von Ossietzky praised him as a "master illustrator of nocturnes and dream visions." A satirical novel from 1914 that has lost none of its freshness and power to this day. Very rare deluxe edition, immaculately preserved. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/2. - Sennewald 14.1. - Jentsch 20. - Lang 251.