Folder 2: Two sets of 20 black ink woodcuts on Batchelor paper, 29 x 22cm., representing the original plan. Original plan numbers are embossed in the lower left hand corner of each print. Each set varies in positioning.

Folder 1: 19 proofs of woodcuts pulled and colored by Fritz Kredel, some in more than one version, on 18 sheets of Japanese paper, size ranging from 19 x 14 cm. to 26 x 16 cm. ; 7 black and white proofs of woodcuts on Japanese paper, 25 x 16 cm. ; 1 black and white proof of woodcut on green paper, 10 x 12 cm.

Folder 3: First complete set of 24 black and white proofs of woodcuts pulled at the Bauer Type Foundry, in which the horizontal positioning of the cuts were established, shown in green ink. 29 x 22 cm.

Folder 8: One complete set of 23 folded sheets of the book before coloring. Includes title page and typeset poetry. Black ink on ivory paper.

Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend Hermann Hesse - Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg schrieb, eine ebenso ungewöhnliche wie spannende Entstehungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte. Daß dieses im Herbst 1917 vollendete Buch erst im Juni 1919, ein halbes Jahr nach Kriegsende, veröffentlicht wurde, lag an der Unbekanntheit des Verfassers. Denn Hesse hatte das Manuskript...

24 woodcut prints of plants found in parks and on paths in New York City and Germany. Poetry by famous German poets in calligraphy surround each image. Full text of each poem following prints. Bound in green and black silk with a vellum spine. Boxed in a cardboard slipcase covered in green stripe paste paper.