Braunschweiger Kostbarkeiten des Kunsthandwerks (Signed Presentation to US Ambassador)
by Flesche, Herman
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Braunschweig: Waisenhaus-Buchdruckerei und Verlag, 1956. ***Signed presentation copy given to the first United States ambassador to West Germany. An illustrated book on the art and craft treasures of the historic city of Braunschweig, Germany. 104 pp. German text with 43 photographs in b&w. Quarto hardcover in dust jacket. 10 by 7.75 inches. VG with moderate wear. Sound, tight binding. With calligraphy inscription in German to the US ambassador on his visit in November 1956. Not personalized but the recipient was James Bryant Conant, a former Harvard president who was ambassador to West Germany from 1955-1957 in the early Cold War era. Inscription roughly translates: To His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States in greeting on the occasion of the visit. Signed by Otto Benneman, then the mayor of Braunschweig, and Dr. Erich Walter Lotz, the city manager. Round ink stamp of Stadt Braunschweig. (Found in New England with other books from the personal library of James Bryant Conant, 1893-1978.)
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047230
- Title
- Braunschweiger Kostbarkeiten des Kunsthandwerks (Signed Presentation to US Ambassador)
- Author
- Flesche, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Waisenhaus-Buchdruckerei
- Place of Publication
- Braunschweig, Germany
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture, Photography; Foreign Language;
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