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Gingerbread Man [Shape Book].
Berlin: Tantillusus Libri, nd. Limited Edition. Hardcover. An adorable...and tiny...edition of this famed German poem. Text in German.
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German poet associated with the Young Germany movement. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany,
I don't want any doll,
Dolls do nothing for me.
What can make me happy and delighted
is a gingerbread man.
Just a man with a body and clothes
completely made of candy.
More stately than a doll
is this honey guy.
A whole bunch of dolls
Cannot please me so.
But I look right at you,
And I pity you, dear man.
Because you are doomed to die -
I'm still so good to you,
Whether you've lost a leg.
Or if the other one hurts you,
Poor gingerbread man,
It doesn't help you, you cannot escape! Fine. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown leather shape binding in the form of a gingerbread man, painted decorative elements, marbled endpages. Approx .5x.25". np. Item #13971
Price: $35.00