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STEFAN EGGELER:

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

A version of the following was first published in the Side Real Press edition of 'Kokain' (Side Real Press 2021) but here it has been fully revised, corrected and updated with extra material added. It has been compiled by cross-referencing various public and private archives, collections and auction records and aspires to be the most complete and accurate Eggeler bibliography online.

However, as Montague Summers observed, "to be dogmatic in matters bibliographic is to invite danger" and, despite his comparatively small oeuvre, this is certainly the case regarding Eggeler. Although there is now (relative) certainty in relation to the seven portfolios of artwork issued during his lifetime, the situation regarding the books still remains somewhat vexed.

This is because even within a limited edition with its, supposed, strict sub-categories, such as leather bindings, variant papers and signed or unsigned plates, there are numerous discrepancies. This is partly due to inaccuracies or omissions by earlier bibliographers which might possibly have been due to the scarcity of his works for consultation. Some items are so elusive that it has been impossible for this compiler to even confirm all the variants as listed by the publisher. These uncertainties have been indicated by the use of a dagger sign, †.

Another possible reason is that the German/Austrian book trade, especially for 'fine art' editions, collapsed in the mid 1920s and Eggeler's main publisher Frisch & Co., which was both an art, and publishing house, split into two in 1925 due to debt. That, and shortages of raw materials such as paper and bookcloth might be reasons why some books, which might have only been completed in batches, were inconsistently bound.

Whereas the original bibliography in 'Kokain' was illustrated with a single image from the relevant portfolio or book, here that image has been replaced by the books cover (or covers) and where appropriate, the title and/or limitation page(s) as these may be of greater interest to the collector.

It is ultimately intended that this bibliography will ultimately include references to Eggeler in newspaper reports, auction catalogues and academic papers and will thus be updated whenever I have time to do so and/or am made aware of new material.

To this end, Side Real Press would WELCOME ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS and OBSERVATIONS to this listing, especially regarding variant bindings of the books, contemporary newspaper reviews of his work and catalogues issued during and after his lifetime. I would also be extremely grateful to hear from anyone with ORIGINAL ARTWORKS AND PRINTS or ANY BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on Eggeler himself.

For those purely seeking biographical information, an essay by myself is HERE and an analysis of Eggeler's work by art historian Fiona Piccolo can be found HERE. Both are fully illustrated with rare and previously unseen images.

John Hirschhorn-Smith March 2025

PORTFOLIOS ISSUED DURING THE

ARTIST’S LIFETIME

(Please note that the exact order in which the portfolios were actually issued in each year is unknown).

1920 (I)

DER SPEILMANN UND DER TEUFEL
IM VERWUNSCHENEN SCHLOSS
[The Musician and the Devil in the Haunted Castle]

Portfolio cover and verso of the insert showing limitation

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 305 x 390 mm.) with ties and paper label to upper cover as per above. Contents: 1 single sheet; title, as above; on reverse imprint, Von den | Holschnitten | wurden in der Officin | EMERICH BERGER | zu Gmünd in Niederosterreich | 20 Exemplare auf der Handpresse | abgezogen un vom Künstler | eigenbandung koloriert | Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer: ; and six individual tissue separated hand-coloured woodcuts. Emmerich Berger, Gmund 1921

Edition: 20 numbered copies. Each print individually numbered and signed by the artist.

Approximate image size: 140 x 110 mm.

[NOTE: This portfolio was re-issued in 1921 by Frisch & Co Verlag in an edition of 100 unsigned copies) See item 1921 (III) ]

1920 (II)

‘AMINE: EINE LIEBESGESCHICHTE’
[Amine: A Love Story]

Portfolio cover and front cover of the insert

AMINE | EIN LIEBSGESCHICHTE | 6 RADIERUNGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER 1920

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 210 x 290 mm.), with paper label to upper cover as above. Contents: 1 single sheet; title, as above; on reverse imprint, Containing one single sheet folded in half to make four sides. Title, AMINE | EIN LIEBSGESCHICHTE | SECHS RADIERUNGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER | IM FRISCH & Co VERLAG (INH. ERNST WILHARTZ | WEIN )† and six tissue separated individually signed etchings.

Vienna Frisch & Co Verlag, Vienna 1920

Edition: 100 copies.

Approximate image size: 140 x 110 mm.

† [NOTE: No copy of the other pages has been located but the format is virtually identical to Die Drei Freier [1920 (III)]. It is thus unknown if the edition contained variant papers et cetera].

1920 (III)

‘DIE DREI FREIER’
[The Three Suitors]

Portfolio cover

DIE DREI FRIER | SECHS RADIERUNGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 210 x 290 mm.), with paper label to upper cover as above. Contents: 1 single sheet folded in half to make four sides † and six tissue separated individually signed etchings.

Edition: 100 copies.

Vienna Frisch & Co Verlag, Vienna 1920

Approximate image size: 140 x 110 mm

† [NOTE:Although auction records indicate such, no copy of the this sheet has been located. It is thus unknown if the edition contained variant papers et cetera].

1921 (I)

‘REIGEN’
[Hands Around]

Portfolio cover and sheet of the insert showing limitations

REIGEN | 10 RADIERUNGEN ZU | ARTHUR SCHNITZLERS | DIALOGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 290 x 305 mm.), with paper label to upper cover title as above. Containing an eight page booklet; front cover title, as above; on reverse imprint, DIESE MAPPER WURDE IN JAHRE 1921 | MIT DER AUTORISATION ARTHUR | SCHNITZLERS VOM FRISCH AND CO. | VERLAG IN WEIN IN EINER NUME- | RIERTEN UND SIGNIERTEN AUF- | LAGE VON 500 EXEMPLAREN HER- | AUSGEGBBEN. DIE MAPPEN 1-50, IN | DENEN SAMTLICHE BILDER VOM | KÜNSTLER SIGNIERT SIND, WURDEN | ALS LUXUSAUSGABE HERGESTELLT | DIESE MAPPER TRÄGT DIE NUMMER; a short essay by Eggeler on the origin and making of the portfolio pp. 3-7; and ten tissue separated etchings.

Edition: 500 copies.

Numbers 1-50 each print individually signed by Eggeler.
Numbers 51-500 signed at the end of the booklet text by Eggeler.

Vienna, Frisch & Co Verlag. 1921.

Approximate image size: 120 x 105 mm.

[Note: A series of etchings loosely based around the play by Arthur Schnitzler. Probably published in April 1921. See also: item Books 1921 (I)].

1921 (II)

‘PUPPENSPIEL III. TEIL: DIE HOCHZEITSNACHT’
[Puppet show III: The Wedding Night]

Portfolio cover and front cover of the insert

PUPPENSPIEL | 7 RADIERUNGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 315 x 415 mm.), with paper label to upper cover title as above. Containing 1[??] † folded sheet front cover title, Puppenspiel | Sieben Radierungen von | Stefan Eggeler | Im Frisch & Co. Verlag | (Inh. Ernst Wilhartitz) | Wein. The other contents are unknown. Plus seven tissue guarded individually signed etchings.

    Edition: 100 numbered copies.
   Numbers 1-30 on Japon paper.
    Numbers 31-100 on laid paper.

Vienna, Frisch & Co Verlag. 1921.

Approximate image size: 280 x 225 mm.

[Note: † the limitation sheet unseen by this compiler.

This portfolio is often wrongly dated 1919 in bibliographies. 1919 refers to the date of its exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus alongside Die Seuche der Pestilenz].

1921 (III)

DER SPEILMANN UND DER TEUFEL
IM VERWUNSCHENEN SCHLOSS
[The Musician and the Devil in the Haunted Castle]

Portfolio cover and front cover of the insert

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 305 x 390 mm.) with ties and paper label to upper cover as per above. Contents: 1 single[??] sheet † ; title, Der Spielman und | der Teufel im ver- | wundshenen schloss | Sechs handbemalte holzschnitte von | Stefan Eggeler | Im Frisch & Co. Verlag (Inh. Ernst Wilhartitz) Wein. Six tissue-guarded hand coloured woodcuts

Edition:100 numbered copies.

Numbers 1-30 on Japon paper,

Numbers 31-100 on normal.

Vienna, Frisch & Co Verlag. 1921

Approximate image size: 140 x 110 mm.

[NOTE: † the limitation sheet unseen by this compiler.

This portfolio is a re-issue of an earlier 1920 edition of 20 signed and numbered copies. It re-uses the same title print on the portfolio cover as that earlier edition) See item 1920 (I)].

1921 (IV)

MUSIKALISCHE MINIATUREN
[Musical Miniatures]

Portfolio cover and front cover of the booklet

MUSIKALISCHE MINIATUREN

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 180 x265 mm.) with paper label to upper cover as per above. Contents: eight page booklet (sewn) printed with blue borders. Title; MUSIKALISCHE | MINIATUREN | Sechs Radierungen von Stefan Eggeler | Geleitworte von Hanns Heinz Ewers | Im Frisch & Co. Verlag | (Inh. Ernst Wilhartitz), Wein/Leipzig; on reverse imprint, INHALT | 1: Pierrots Lied von der Liebe un vom | 2: Dirne und Leiermann. [Tode. | 3: Kriegsland | 4: Trinklied | 5: Serenade | 6: Totenspiel der Hexenverbrennung | Diese Mappe erschien in Jahre 1921 im Frisch & Co. Verlag (Inh Ernst Wil- | hartitz) in Wein in einer einmaligen | Auflage von 300 Exemplaren. - Die | Drucke 1-50 wurden auf Japanpapier, | 51-300 auf Büttenpapier abgezogen. | Diese Exemplar trägt Nr.; text pp. 3-7

Edition: 300 numbered copies.

Numbers 1-50 on Japon paper,

Numbers 51-300 on laid paper.

Vienna, Frisch & Co Verlag. 1921

Approximate image size: 80 x 80 mm.

[Notes: A loose interpretation of Ewer’s prose poem. The final image was prosecuted for obscenity.
Some copies of this portfolio are unnumbered].

1921 (V)

DIE SEUCHE DER PESTILENZ
[The Plague of Pestilence]

[Modern] Portfolio cover and title sheet

DIE SEUCHE DER | PESTILENZ | 7 RADIERUNGEN VON | STEFAN EGGELER

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 350 x 395 mm.) with paper label to upper cover as per above, containing 1 single sheet of text, as illustrated above, and seven signed etchings.

    Edition: 100 numbered copies.
    Numbers 1-30 on Japon paper.
    Numbers 31-100 on laid paper.

Vienna, Frisch & Co Verlag, 1921

   Approximate image size: 175 x 135 mm

    [Note: This was the series of etchings that won Eggeler the Dumba prize when exhibited at the Künstlerhaus in 1919.
   Some copies of this portfolio are unnumbered].

1922 (I)

WALPURGISNACHT
[Walpurgisnight]

Portfolio cover and title sheet

Collation: Cloth-backed portfolio boards (approx 262 x 345 mm.), with gold blocking on the front, STEFAN EGGELER | WALPURGISNACHT containing one folded sheet; STEFAN EGGELER | WALPURGISNACHT | EIN ZYKLUS | IN 6 RADIERUNGEN MIT EINEM GELEITWORT | VON | GUSTAV MEYRINK | ANNO DOMINI MCMXXII pp.i; Von diesem Werke wurden nur für Subskribenten | einmalig 325 numerierte Exemplare bergesteilit und | die Platten sodann verichtet. | Ausgabe A. Nr. 1-25 von der unverstahleten Platte auf Japan- Dokumentenpapier, jeder druck | Künstler handschriftlich signiert. | Ausgabe B. Nr. 26-125 aus Kupferdruckpapier, jeder Druck von Küntsler handschriftlich signiert. | Ausgabe C. Nr. 126-300 aus Kupferdruckkarton, | am Titel von Künstler signiert. | Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer pp. ii; Text by Gustav Meyrink pp. iii; List of print titles, pp. iv.; and six etchings.

Edition: 325 numbered copies.

1-25 on Japon paper with all prints signed by the artist.

26 -125 on copperplate paper with all prints signed by the artist.

126- 325 on copperplate card signed by the artist on the folded sheet.

Privately published for subscribers. 1922

Approximate image size: 175 x 135 mm.

BOOKS ISSUED DURING THE

ARTIST’S LIFETIME

1921 (I)

ARTHUR SCHNITZLER

REIGEN. ZEHN DIALOGE GESCHRIFTEN WINTER 1896/97

[Hands Around. Ten Dialogues Written the Winter of 1896/97]

Three variant covers of the normal edition. !/2 cloth & paper and two full-cloth with differing cover designs

Collation: small 8vo, pp. 162; f.f.e.p. (pp. i); on reverse imprint, Dieses Buch wurde im Jahr 1921 | von Frisch & Co. in Wein herausgegeben | von 3000 numerierten Exemplaren hergestellt. Die ersten 150 Exemplare | sind in halbleder gebunden and von Autor und von künstler signiert. | Nr. 151-3000 wurden in Ganzlinen ausgegeben. | Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer; title page as above pp. iii; Text pp. v - 162

   Edition: 3,000 numbered copies in two states.
   Numbers 1-150 bound in 1/2 leather with paper covers of differing colours and signed on the limitation page by author and artist.
   Numbers 151-3000 bound in 1/4 or full cloth of differing colours/designs. Unsigned.

Ten etchings by Eggeler after pages 6, 18, 27, 39, 61, 77, 99, 117, 133, 151

Book measures 190 x 185 mm

Approximate image size: 115 x 100 mm.

[Note: the illustrations were previously issued as a limited edition portfolio. See item portfolio 1921 (I)].

1922 (I)

HANNS HEINZ EWERS

DIE HERZEN DER KÖNIGE
[The Hearts of Kings]

Custom full leather binding (nos. 1-50), !/2 leather and cloth (nos 51-150) and cloth spine with paper bindings (nos 151-300).

Collation: large 8vo, pp.64; title page as above pp. i; Text pp. 3-27; on reverse imprint, Dieses Werk wurde im Auftrag des | verlages Artur Wolf in Wein von der | Gesellschaft für Graphischer Industrie in | einer einmaligen Auflage von 500 Exem- ] plaren hergestellt, und zwar: |

Ausgabe c: Nr. 151-500 auf Doku- | mentenpapier, vom Autor und Künstler | signiert. |

Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer

Edition: 500 numbered copies in three states. 26pp.

    Numbers 1-50 on handmade paper bound in full leather. Signed by the author on the limitation page and by the artist on each etching.
    Numbers 51-150 on document paper, 1/2 bound in imitation vellum on the spine and fore-edge. Paper covered front and back. Signed by the author on the limitation page and by the artist on each etching.
    Numbers 151-500 on document paper bound in full pink cloth. Signed by author and artist on the limitation page.

Vienna. Artur Wolf 1922

Six etchings by Stefan Eggeler after pages 14, 16,18, 20,22, 24.

Book measures 198 x 243 mm

Approximate image size 108 x 160 mm.

[NOTES: Variants exist where plates and/or limitations are either signed or unsigned. The paper on numbers 51-150 is usually found to be very discoloured compared to numbers 151-500.
In 2016 the book was translated by Markus Wolff and issued by Ajna Bound in an edition of 500 copies.

1922 (II)

ARTHUR SCHNITZLER

DER SCHLEIER DER PIERETTE
PANTOMIME IN DREI BILDERN

[The Veil of Pierette. A Pantomime In Three Acts]

Front cover, limitation and title pages.

DER | SCHIELER | DER | PIERETTE | PANTOMIME IN DREI BILDERN | VON | ARTHUR SCHNITZLER | MIT | SECHS RADIERUNGEN | VON | STEFAN EGGELER

Collation: large 8vo, pp.64; consisting of page signed by the author and artist pp.i; [publishers monogram] Frisch & Co. | Verlag / Wein pp.iii; Von diesem Buche wurden in eintausendneunhundertzweiundzwanzig vom | FRISCH & CO. VERLAG (Inhaber Ernst Wilhartitz) dreihundert numerierte, von | Autor und vom Künstler signierte, in der eigened offizin des Verlages in Wein | hergestellte Exemplare herausgegeben, von denen Nummer 1 bis 10 auf Japan- | Dokumentenkarten geducht sind und von unverstählten | Platte abgezogene Radierungen enthalten \ Deise Exempler trägt die | Nummer:, pp.v; title as above, pp.vii; Text pp.ix-63.

Eggeler illustrations inserted after pp. 30, 34, 46, 52, 54, 58.

Edition: 300 numbered copies. 1-10 on Japon paper signed by the author and the artist with each plate signed by the artist.† Numbers 11-300 on ordinary paper signed by the author and the artist with each plate signed by the artist. Issued in boards with cloth spine and rough paper covers. Variant cloth spine colours exist. No precedence known.

Book measures 172 x 228 mm.

Approximate image size: 100 x 105 mm.

† No copy of this variant has been located.

1922 (II)

VILLIERS DE LISLE ADAM.

NOVELLEN DER GRAUSAMKEIT

[Novels of Cruelty]

Front cover, limitation and title pages.

Variant editions. L-R. Full cloth, 1/4 cloth with paper sides, 1/4 cloth with Eggeler image pasted on, a copy of the blue and gold cover and a d/w showing an Eggeler image pasted on.

Collation: Medium 8vo, pp.viii + 121; consisting of Half-title; reverse imprint; Von diesem Werk wurde in Auftrage von Artur Wolf | Verlag, Wein. In der Buchdruckerei G Kreysing in | Leipzig, eine numerierte Ausgabe von 900 Exemplaren | gedruckt und zwar: | Ausgabe A: Nr. 1-150 auf Handbuttenpapier, die Original-Lithographien vom Künztler handschriftlich | signiert, Ausgabe B: Nr. 151-900 auf Dokumenten- | papier nach Japanart an Titel signiert. | Alle Rechte verbehalten | Copyright by Arthur Wolf Verlag, Wein 1923; Title as above, pp.iii; Contents on reverse imprint; Introduction pp.v-viii; Text pp.1-121.

Illustrations inserted after pp. 8, 17, 41, 57, 80, 97, 112

Edition: 900 numbered copies. Numbers 1-150 on handmade paper each etching signed by the artist.† Numbers 151-900 on document paper signed in the plate. Some copies unnumbered. Issued in boards but numerous variant bindings exist, some with a dust jacket with copies of the Eggeler illustrations from the book pasted on. No precedence known.

Book measures 148 x 225 mm.

Approximate image size 100 x 150 mm.

† No copy of this variant has been located.

1923 (I)

HANNS HEINZ EWERS
MEINE MUTTER DIE HEXE
[My Mother The Witch]

The two known covers and title page.

Collation: large 8vo, pp. 54; consisting of Publishers imprint p.i Title page, as above pp.iii; H.H. EWERS: MEINE MUTTER -DIE HEX pp. v; DER MANN AUF DER FLASCHE pp. iii; on reverse imprint VON DIESEM BUCHE WURDEN IN JAHRE EINTAUSEND- | NEUNHUNDERTDREIUNDZWANZIG VON FRISCH & CO. VERLAG | IN WEIN- III DREI HUNDERT IN DEN EIGENEN WERKSTÄTTEN HERGESTELLTE. NUMERIERTE, UND VOM AUTOR SOWIE VOM KÜNSTLER HANDSCHRIFTLICH SI- | GNIERTE EXEMPLARE HERAUSGEGEBEN. DIE BUCHE MUT DEN NUMMERN VON 1 BIS 10 SIND AUF JAPAN - | DOKUMENTEN-KARTON GEDRUCKT UND ENTHALTEN | VON DEN UNIVERSTÄHLTEN PLATTEN ARGEZOGENE RA- | DIERUNGEN. | DIESES EXEMPLAR TRÄGT DIE NUMMER | EINBUND ORIGINALHOLSCHNITT VON PAUL PFUND; tissue guarded Eggeler Frontispiece pp. vii; Text p. 9

Edition: 300 numbered copies. 1-10 on Japon paper signed by the author with each plate signed by the artist.† Numbers 11-300 on ordinary paper signed by the author with each plate signed by the artist. Issued in boards in two formats. Yellow leather spine covered in yellow paper bearing author name, title and design by Paul Pfund and a full yellow cloth version bearing the same text/design but positioned differently. No precedence known. Frisch & Co Verlag. 1923.

Six tissue guarded etchings by Stefan Eggeler inserted on pp. vii, and after pages 16, 24, 32, 40, 48.

Books Measures 301 x 237 mm. (cloth) and 284 x 237 mm. (1/2 leather)

Variable image sizes.

NOTES: † No copy of this variant has been located.

This book sold poorly and was still being advertised in 1930. Despite that, it is an elusive title.

1923 (II)

[GUSTAV] MEYRINK

DER MANN AUF DER FLASCHE
[The Man On The Bottle]

The cover, title page and limitation page.

MEYRINK | DER MANN | AUF DER | FLASCHE

Collation: large 8vo, pp.33; consisting of Title page, DER MANN AUF | DER FLASCHE |VON |GUSTAV | MEYRINK | MIT SECHS | RADIERUNGEN | VON STEFAN | EGGELER | FRISCH & CO. VERLAG pp. i; DER MANN AUF DER FLASCHE pp. iii; on reverse imprint VON DIESEM BUCHE WURDEN IN JAHRE EINTAUSENDNEUNHUNDERTDREIUNDZWANZIG VON FRISCH & CO. VERLAG IN WEIN / III DREI HUNDERT IN DEN EIGENEN WERK- | STÄTTEN HERGESTELLTE, NUMERIERTE, \ VOM AUTOR UND VOM KÜNSTLER HAND- \ SCHRIFTLICH SIGNIERTE EXEMPLARE | HERAUSGEGEBEN. DIE BÜCHE MUT DEN NUMMERN VON 1 BIS 10 SIND AUF JAPAN - | DOKUMENTENKARTON GEDRUCKT UND | ENTHALTEN VON DEN UNIVERSTÄHLTEN | PLATTEN ARGEZOGENE RADIERUNGEN, | DIESES EXEMPLAR TRAGT DIE NUMMER; [NOTE: No pp 5/6] Text pp. 7.

Edition: 300 numbered copies. 1-10 on Japon paper signed by the author and the artist with each plate signed by the artist.† Numbers 11-300 on ordinary paper signed by the author and the artist with each plate signed by the artist. Issued in boards with black cloth spine and and corner tips covered in green patterned paper. Frisch & Co Verlag. 1923.

Six etchings by Stefan Eggeler inserted after pp. 10, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30.

Book measures 125 x 175 mm.

Approximate image size 130 x 160 mm.

† No copy of this variant has been located.

This books sections were stapled rather than sewn.

UPDATE

A paper variant binding has recently surfaced - not seen in person by this compiler. Despite its low number on the limitation page it is unsigned by the author and the prints are unsigned by Eggeler

The cover of the paper covered variant.

1923 (III)

EDGAR ALLAN POE

WILDE TRÄUME. EINE AUSWAHL SEINER ERZÄHLUNGEN
[Wild Dreams. A Collection of his Stories]

Cover of the 1/2 leather edition, title page and limitation page.

Edition: 120 copies in full leather signed by the artist on the limitation page.† and a trade edition.

† No copy of this variant has been located but a signed copy in full cloth numbered below 120 exists.

Sixteen etchings by Stefan Eggeler on pp. 2, 3, 31, 36 (tailpiece), 49, 60(tailpiece), 81 (tailpiece), 101, 104 (tailpiece), 111, 119 (tailpiece), 153, 156 (tailpiece), 165, 177

Book measures 125 x 175 mm.

Approximate image size 80 x 90 mm.

Re-issued as a trade paperback by Edition Geheimes Wissen in 2012 .

1924 (I)

DER ALMANACH VOM SCHONEN BUCH
[The Almanac of the Beautiful Book]

Front cover
Artur Wolf. 1924.
Paperback book (approximate size 123 x 180 mm.) 72pp.

Title label pasted on the front. Contains a short 5pp essay by Eggeler.

[NOTES: A collection of brief essays on book and book arts as a prelude to a catalogue of illustrated books issued by this publisher.

Eggeler contributes an essay on the techniques of etching and various other printing processes. None of his artwork is reproduced].

1925 (I-V)

KOKAIN - EINE MODERNE REVUE
[Kokain - A Modern Revue]

Front covers of all five issues

Vienna, Kokain Verlag. 1925.
Paperback books (each approximate size 175 x 250 mm.) 76pp.

[NOTES: Issue 1 was released in January 1925 the other dates of issue unknown although it had folded by October that year.

Eggeler was artistic editor of the journal and each issue contains numerous illustrations for almost every story. He also contributes a written piece in issue 3, 'Dearest Dearest Model', his only known piece of creative writing outside the portfolio texts. Kokain was re-issued as a single bound volume circa 2020 (see item XXXX) and was fully translated into English and issued by Side Real Press as five volumes in a slipcase in 2021. See item XXXX].

HANNS HEINZ EWERS
THE HEARTS OF KINGS

Collation: 8vo, pp. 46; consisting of half title, THE HEARTS OF KINGS p.i Title page, HANNS HEINZ EWERS | THE | HEARTS | OF KINGS | with six illustrations by Stefan Eggeler | AJNA BOUND pp.iii; Text pp. 5-43; Blank page pp44; or reverse Collophon. Jacksonville, Ajna Bound, 2015.

Edition: 750 unnumbered copies. Bound in boards with burgundy cloth.
Six etchings by Stefan Eggeler on pp. 18, 23, 27, 31, 34, 39,

Book measures 183 x 260 mm.

Approximate image size 130 x 160 mm.

[Notes: A translation by Markus Wolff of 1922(I) reproducing all of the illustrations].

c.2020 (I)

KOKAIN - EINE MODERNE REVUE
[Kokain - A Modern Revue]

Front cover and title page

Collation: unknown beyond it being an A4 book in stiff card cover.

Edition: unknown.

Location and publisher unknown c.2020.

Book measures approx 210 x 297 mm.

[NOTES: † No copy of this variant has been seen by this compiler. One assumes an illicit(?) production of 1925 (I-V) as a single volume].

2021 (I-V)

KOKAIN - EINE MODERNE REVUE
[Kokain - A Modern Revue]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Side Real Press, 2021.
250 copies. 5 paperback books housed in a gold-blocked slipcase. Vol I vol IV 80pp,

Books measures 147 x 210 mm.

[NOTES: Slightly reduced facsimiles (translated by Joe Bandel) of 1925 (I-V).

Vol III and IV of the original Kokain were identical except for an added essay and editorial comment in vol IV. In this edition that material was integrated into vol III. Vol IV was then filled with a biographical essay by John Hirschhorn-Smith: The Shadowy World of Stefan Eggeler, an essay by Fiona Piccolo: A Certain Fantastical Verisimilitude.” The Life and Art of the Elusive Stefan Eggeler and Stefan Eggeler a Bibliography a bibliography by John Hirschhorn-Smith. Both essays (slightly adjusted and corrected with extra material/images) are on the Side Real Press website HERE and HERE].