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Second edition of a book originally entitled Expressionistische Buchillustration., that became a standard work in the field. Bibliography corrected and expanded by Sabine Knopf. A comprehensive study of the artists of the German Expressionist movement, including Kokoschka, Heckel, Kirchner, Pechstein, and Kandinsky, some of whose best works were done as book illustrations. Surveys their art against the changing political backdrop of the times. Heavily illustrated. Index, bibliography. 240 pages. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to..