Null Greek Spring. Bln., S.Fischer 1908. With 2 plates. 3 pp., 266 pp., 1 pp. Ol…

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Greek Spring. Bln., S.Fischer 1908. with 2 plates. 3 pp., 266 pp., 1 pp. Olwd. (backstrip renewed). WG 30. first edition. - P. 1 with eh. Author's dedication: "S(einem) l(ieben) Freunde Paul Kahn zu Weihnachten 1908, Gerhart Hauptmann". - Possibly to the Stuttgart commercial judge and manufacturer Paul Kahn (1869-1942).

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Greek Spring. Bln., S.Fischer 1908. with 2 plates. 3 pp., 266 pp., 1 pp. Olwd. (backstrip renewed). WG 30. first edition. - P. 1 with eh. Author's dedication: "S(einem) l(ieben) Freunde Paul Kahn zu Weihnachten 1908, Gerhart Hauptmann". - Possibly to the Stuttgart commercial judge and manufacturer Paul Kahn (1869-1942).

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