DER STRUWWELPETER. Signed copy. (Cover title: The Somersault Book).

New Britain, CT, REM Miniatures, printed at The Art Press, 1982.. FIRST EDITION 1982, EDITION LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED BY C. ERNEST MASSMANN THE ILLUSTRATOR ON THE COLOPHON. Miniature book 48 x 48 mm, 1¾ x 1¾ inches (cover size), tiny coloured photograph of Struwwelpeter doll mounted on frontispiece, 6 handcoloured illustrations of Struwwelpeter of which 4 are on the pastedowns and endpapers (1 is a repeat), 16 pages including colophon and title page. Bound in the original publisher's dark green leatherette with mounted hand-coloured circular label on upper cover. In orange thin card slipcase with shaped hand-coloured illustrated label stating Der Winzige Struwwelpeter. A Fine unused copy in Fine crisp clean slipcase. The text of each page is printed in a different direction, so that as the book is read, it has to be turned "in a somersault". Some German text but mainly in English. Essay on and history of the Heinrich Hoffmann character Struwwelpeter. Laid in is the 5 page miniature promotional leaflet with image on the cover. Robert E. Massmann is an author, librarian, and publisher of miniature books under his imprint REM Miniatures. He assembled a major collection of miniature books, and is a founding member of the Miniature Book Society. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.