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Hardcover, light green cloth, no dust-jacket. Edited by Manfred Gorlach. Glossaries and Bibliography of English translations. Illustrated with author’s cartoon drawings. Prefatory and introductory chapters in English. First edition. A collection of excerpts from the famous German children’s book Max and Moritz, published in 1865, providing various translations of the same text in a number of different languages from standard, middle and old English to more esoteric examples including Northumbrian, Lallans, Middle Scots Jamaican Creole Cameroon Pidgin et alia. No previous ownership marks. Mild bow to boards, else a clean, sound, unmarked copy. Good+