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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers, Maastricht: Halcyon Press, 1931, 8°, number 5 of a limited edition of 125 copies on Dutch Pannekoek paper, 10 engraved plates by Buckland Wright, each signed in pencil by the artist, original blue shagreen by Louis Malcorps, with gilt-stamped crossed-pistols motif on covers after Buckland Wright (spine lightly rubbed), t.e.g., slipcase. [Reid A3: "The book is far scarcer than the printed limitation suggests. In fact only a relatively few sets of engravings were printed ... This book contains the first copper-engravings which J.B.W. produced for book illustrations."]