129 - Otto Dorfner, Weimar—Parchment-bound volume with ornamental and line gilding (signed).—Contents: How the Schmidts Became Political. A political engagement story from the time of the National Assembly in fourteen chapters by an unimportant contemporary. Weimar, Hugo Herzau Printing House for the National Publishing Society, 1925. With four lithographs.

Otto Dorfner, Weimar—Parchment-bound volume with ornamental and line gilding (signed).—Contents: How the Schmidts Became Political. A political engagement story from the time of the National Assembly in fourteen chapters by an unimportant contemporary. Weimar, Hugo Herzau Printing House for the National Publishing Society, 1925. With four lithographs. Announcement time: approx. 1:14 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First edition. - The book was written by the “insignificant contemporary” Emil Herfurth (1887–1951), a Weimar city councilman from 1922 to 1935, whose primary profession was as a high school teacher and whose secondary occupations included writing and promoting conservative culture. - The publisher’s name is stamped on the title page above the name of the printing house. - An exceptionally beautiful hand-bound volume with rich ornamental gilding on the cover featuring small V-shaped stamps, a large vignette in the center, and a double border running around the edges. The title on the spine is embossed in Fraktur type and gilded. - Top edge gilded; endpapers of orange-colored paste paper. Internal joints bound with black headband thread. - In pristine condition, with a protective paper jacket and in a black slipcase. 20.7 × 14.0 cm. 102, [2] pages.