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Large royal octavo hardcover bound in orange cloth lettered in black on spine, in publisher’s orange non priced, non clipped dust-jacket. 534 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. With an Afterword by Gisela Baronin Freytag v. Loringhoven. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with no other printings listed. German born Else Hildegard Plötz was active in Munich’s Art Nouveau movement and traveled through Italy before settling on a Kentucky farm with her second husband. Moving on, “the Baroness (a title acquired from her brief marriage to her third husband) became a downtown Manhattan legend, known as much for her dazzling costumes and aggressive seduction techniques as for her visceral sculptures and witty poetry.” In addition to her avant-garde art and life-style she is best known for her poetry, published by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap in The Little Review. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, and unmarked copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A heavy book, Priority and International orders may require additional postage.