"Das Arme Mariechen (The Poor Little Marie)" with verses by Hertha v.d. Knesebeck and pictures y Else Wenz-Vietor - Oldenburg: Stallings, 1930 first edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, cloth backed full colour pictorial oards with a tiny arae of lifted paper at margin on the back, cover fo an otherwise quite nice copy of the book. This is particularly inventive and charming presentation with seven full page colour plates and full colour illustrations set within the text pages. The story seems to follow the transformation of this little girl from alive to puppet when she has some real travails in the world