| Durham University Library: | Hall 0050 |
| British Library: | 11746.h.24 |
| Durham University Library: | Hall 0050 |
| British Library: | 11746.h.24 |
[A]2r, p.[3]
[Within a 3-rule frame, thin, thick, thin] BROKEN- BROW [centred short rule, 2", matching the frame] A tragedy by Ernst Toller translated by Vera Mendel with drawings by Georg Grosz [centred short rule, matching that above]
Letterpress by R. and R. Clark, Edinburgh; included for Curwen Press lithographed drawingss.
[A]3v, p.[4]
Printed and made in Great Britain for the Nonesuch Press by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. The pictures printed by the Curwen Press, London.
p.5
[triple rule, 3¼" matching those on t.p.] The tragedy of "Hinkemann" was written in 1921-1922 in the prison-fortress of Niederschoenenfeld. It was first pub- lished in Germany in 1922. In 1923 an incomplete translation into English appeared with the title "Hobbleman" in a periodical publication called "Germinal." A Yiddish version of "Hinkemann," entitled "The red laugh," has been performed by the Yiddish Players of New York in that city and elsewhere. V.M. [triple rule matching that above].
[A]4 B-C 8; inserts: frontispiece + 5 illustrations.
[1-4] 5 [6] 7-50; 6 unpaged inserts each with loose blank protective tissue facing pp. 9(frontispiece), 20, 24, 34, 36, 48.
8⅞" × 7", all edges untrimmed, cream laid, handmade, no mark ; 12pt. Plantin text with Imprint Shadow running titles; line drawings lithographed.on inserts; casing, black and orange mottled paper covered boards, front cover grey paper, label printed black 14pt? Koch Neuland: ‘BROKENBROW A TRAGEDY BY ERNST TOLLER’, spine blank; glassine dust-jacket.
Ernst Toller took his own life on 22/May/1939; see also poem at Auden 1950 pp.136-7.
Not in Curwen Library or 1963 handlist; added at suggestion of Douglas Ball and Pat Gilmour Ac1.
See Dreyfus 1981 p.192 cat 30: edition not limited, running-titles typeface, the line drawings lithographed. This item needs adding to his p.293 list of Curwen illustrations.
Durham copy is un-numbered.
8/Jun/1926
IMDb Munzinger IMDb
Robin Phillips, 2016, revised 29/May/2023