Genius. Magazine for upcoming and old art. Edited by Carl Georg Heise, Hans Mardersteig and Kurt Pinthus. Years I-III (all published). 6 "books" in 3 volumes. VIII, 319 p.; VIII, 332 p.; VIII, 356 S. With 17 original graphites, 25 colour plates and about 375 textile illustrations. 34,5 x 26 cm. OHalf-perchment (somewhat flecky and toasted) with gold-embossed back shield and gold-decorated lid vignette as well as with 4 OP-tapes (lightly flecked, light-edge and toad) with DTitle. Munich, Kurt Wolff, 1919-1921. Raabe 74. Slave II, 46. This is 2968. Söhn HdO I 83. – With original woodcuts and lithographs by Archipenko, Heckel (Dube 264, III B), Hofer (Rathenau 34), Alexander Kanoldt, Max Kaus, Franz Marc, Schmidt-Rottluff (Schapire 189 and 274) and an original etching by Heinrich Nauen. Further literary contributions by Brecht, Brod, Döblin, Hesse, Heym, Kafka (Erstes Leid, Dietz 42, Erstedruck), Kokoschka, Loerke, Mombert, Schickele, Werfel, Wolfenstein and others – paper-derived browned, partly more or less wavy, with small traces of usage, otherwise good specimen