Gallows Songs (INSCRIBED by translator)

Translated by W.D. Snodgrass and Lore Segal. First English edition. 4to. Hardback in dust jacket. Previous owner’s name, place and date to half-title. INSCRIBED to dedication leaf by W.D. Snodgrass [one of the translators]. Pictorial boards. A few small marks to edges of text block. Jacket price-clipped and with slight shelf-wear. *** 124 nonsense poems by German poet Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914). With illustrations by Paul Klee. Inscribed by translator: “with thanks to a fellow gallows singer”.