Sewn as issued, pictorial wrappers with flaps. Insignificant wear to lower cover, fine. Provenance: Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (1928-2022), neatly stamped in 2023. Istanbul, Heike Stockhaus, 2006. 4to. 32 x 22,8 cms. 264 pp. Richly illustrated in colour. Text in Turkish and German. Although German sculptor Ernst Barlach was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his participation in the conflict made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his sculptures protesting against the war. This created many conflicts during the rise of the Nazi Party, when most of his works were confiscated as degenerate art. In addition to his sculpture, Barlach also wrote eight Expressionist dramas, two novels and an autobiography, and had a distinguished oeuvre of woodcuts and lithographs from about 1910 onwards, including illustrations for his own plays.