In-8 (188 x 114 mm): [1] f., 202 pp., [1] f. Publisher's cloth cover, smooth spine with title and author in red, plum head.
First illustrated edition. A superb, very fresh copy, with a cover illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889-1972), a famous Belgian painter, engraver and illustrator - often celebrated as a master of wood engraving and one of its renovators. The rest of the book is illustrated with 15 wood engravings by the same artist.
