[Kirchner, E.L.] Heym, Georg. Umbra vitae. Nachgelassene Gedichte

Mit 47 Originalholzschnitten von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Printed by Spamer in Leipsic for K. Wolff in Munich, 1924, in 510 numb. copies (no. 427 of 500), (6),62,(1) p. Woodcut frontisp. printed in black and red, 47 woodcut ills. and woodcut endpapers printed in pink and dark blue. Original woodcut cloth, also des. by Kirchner, printed in black, green and yellow. Plain green wr. and board slipcase both original and w. numbered mounted title-label (427) on front. Kept in later custom-made board chemise and slipcase. Wr. showing minute edge losses and slight fading on spine; slipcase similarly faded along spine and edges. Rare in this desirable condition.

Dube 61 and 759-807; Artist and the Book 142. The first edition with these ills. (the 1912 first edition was issued without illustrations). One of the most important illustrated works of German expressionism, fully designed by Kirchner and considered one of his major achievements.