14.5 x 22.5 cm, 54 pages. With four signed original color etchings by Peter Klitsch. Black original calfskin binding with spine title and gilt box, a golden cover vignette in the form of a stylized rose, and all-round cover fillets. In original slipcase. Third printing by Bear Press. One of 10 numbered copies of the special edition. This one is number 1. The text appears here in the first printing. Typeset in Walbaum Antiqua and printed on Kochi Japanese paper. Only in these copies were the etchings hand-painted and signed by the artist. The bindings were bound by Erwin Lehr, Bayreuth. The imprint is hand-signed by the artist, the bookbinder, and the translator. Immaculately preserved.