o 1926-27 Die Sonne (Trade)

Between 1926 and 1927, ten thousand copies of the trade edition of Masereel’s wordless novel, Die Sonne, were printed.

Wolff Trade editions

• the book is pretty much the same size as the Wolff 1920 limited editions
  • 15.5 x 12 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches)
• Images in the Trade edition are the same size as the 1920 Wolff edition printed from the blocks eg frontis is 11.4 x 8.9 cm
• Printed by the Bibliographic Institute
• printed in Leipzig
• Cover design by Emil Preetorius
• Printed in Germany
• Copyright 1926 by Kurt Wolff Verlag A.-G., Munich
• 1926 and 1927 both came with a dust jacket
• Introduction by Carl Georg Heise, 19 pages

1926 Die Sonne Trade edition

• References: Avermaete 5.Ib
• 5000 copies printed

1927 Die Sonne Trade edition

• References: Avermaete 5.Ic
• A further 5000 copies were printed

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