H.P. Kraus Catalogue of New Arrivals

Beige wraps w/red woodblock image center and black lettering of genres and title around the woodblock. Catalogue 203 has subject index and plate reproductions in color and black/white. Hans Peter Kraus was a respected German bookseller and established himself in NYC after fleeing the Nazis in 1945. Among his purchases was the Bettmann Archive of historical photos and he bought and sold a Gutenberg bible. He was certainly one of the most successful rare book dealers in history upon his death 1980s. #reference material