BOOK EDITIONS BY THE ELKE REHDER PRESSE - artist's books, livres d'artistes, Buchkunst, Pressendrucke, Künstlerbücher mit Originalgrafik

Private press editions to Stefan Andres, Slawomir Mrozek, Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann Hesse, Gottfried August Bürger, Ernst Jünger, Franz Kafka, Heinrich Heine and to the royal game chess ( Schachspiel ) and poem lyrics ( Gedichte ). Artists books in a small edition, numbered and signed by the artist. Elke Rehder is member of the bibliophile society GESELLSCHAFT DER BIBLIOPHILEN in Munich, MAXIMILIAN GESELLSCHAFT in Hamburg and PIRCKHEIMER GESELLSCHAFT in Berlin.

All books of this small press publication are in a numbered and signed limited edition with original etchings or woodcuts. Some books are handbound by the artist. The Stefan Andres, Slawomir Mrozek, Hermann Hesse and the Goethe books are handbound by the German bookbinder Christian Zwang in a luxury bookbinding.

( CHESS A PARLOR GAME )

Artists book with handwritten poems and 4 etchings in limited edition. Handcrafted by Elke Rehder with a paper object on the front cover. 24 pages, 20 x 27 cm. 1993. 20 numbered and signed copies.

Artists book with handwritten poems and 4 etchings in limited edition. Bookbinding by Christian Zwang, Hamburg. Paper object on front cover. Slip case. 24 pages, 20 x 27 cm, 1994. 40 numbered and signed copies.

STEFAN ANDRES - DER GRANATAPFEL ( The Pomegranate Punica Granatum)

A lyric poem after the German first edition. Seven color woodcuts by Elke Rehder. Luxury handbound by Christian Zwang, Hamburg. 28 pages., 20 x 26 cm. 1995. 60 numbered and signed copies (total 100).

Special edition no. 1 - 20, with one additional numbered and signed woodcut.

A suite of all 7 numbered and signed colour woodcuts and a separate broschure with the text you'll find under the button Graphic Edition.

A single-sheet print with a quotation from the text you'll find under the button Single-Sheet Prints.

Short story about living chess. In this story the chessmen are going to play their own game without the chess-player, like the figures in this illustrations. The artist's book containes six signed color etchings by Elke Rehder. Luxury bookbinding by Christian Zwang, Hamburg. Full goat-leather binding. Slipcase. 24 pages, 25 x 25 cm. 1994. 30 numbered and signed copies.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE - GESANG DER GEISTER ÜBER DEN WASSERN

( SONG OF THE SPIRITS OVER THE WATERS )

Poem lyrics after the German first edition with two double sided colour lithographs by Elke Rehder. Bookbinding Christian Zwang, Hamburg. 12 pages, 19 x 19 cm. 1997. 30 numbered and signed copies (50 total).

Special edition no. 1 - 20, with one watercoulor painting on the front cover and additional slipcase.

The music by Franz Schubert based on this poem in the Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 Gesang der Geister über den Wassern - Song of the Spirits over the waters - for male chorus.

( THE CHESS GAME )

Poem with 7 woodcuts by Elke Rehder. Handmade brochure in Bugra-paper. 32 pages, 20 x 27 cm. 1997. 40 numbered and signed copies (60 total).

Special edition no. 1 - 20. Handbound half leather book with two additional woodcuts on the boards. All woodcuts hand coloured.

A single woodcut with a quotation from the text you'll find under the button Single-Sheet Prints

HERMANN HESSE - EIN TRAUMBUCHSTABENBUCH

The artists book includes the poems EIN TRAUM (A Dream), BUCHSTABEN (Alphabet, Letters) and BÜCHER (Books). With 6 colour etchings by Elke Rehder. Handmade bookbinding by Christian Zwang, Hamburg. 28 pages, 20 x 27 cm. 1997. 42 numbered and signed copies (60 total).

Special edition no. 7 - 18: Handbound in half leather, handmade binding by Christian Zwang. With a separate suite of 6 uncut colour etchings in the size 28 x 39 cm.

Luxury edition no. 1 - 6: Fine leather binding in dark-green goat leather, handbound by Christian Zwang. Fly leaves in original etching. The suite of etchings includes a signed watercolour painting.

Single etchings you'll find under the button Etching.

A German ballad from a poet in the style STURM UND DRANG. Special edition with two numbered and signed etchings by Elke Rehder. Brochure with title in handmade japanese paper. Soft cover in pergamin paper. 20 pages, 20,5 x 26,5 cm. 1997. 40 numbered and signed copies.

DER KAISER UND DER ABT translation THE EMPEROR AND THE ABBOT is an addaption of KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY from the RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY collected by Thomas Percy and published 1765.

Autobiographical text with 11 woodcuts by Elke Rehder. Handbound half leather binding with additional woodcuts on the cover boards and on the fly leaves. 32 pages, 25 x 35 cm. 1998. 100 numbered and signed copies.

A single woodcut with a quotation from the text about the chess game you'll find under the button Single-Sheet Prints:

The artists book includes the tales THE BRIDGE ( Die Brücke ), FELLOWSHIP ( Gemeinschaft ), THE TOP ( Der Kreisel ), A LITTLE FABLE ( Kleine Fabel ), THE VULTURE ( Der Geier ) and THE HELMSMAN ( Der Steuermann ) with 6 colour woodcuts by Elke Rehder. Handcrafted brochure in dark grey Bugra paper. 24 pages, 20 x 27 cm. 2002. 80 numbered and signed copies.

More pictures of single woodcuts combined with the text you'll find under the button Franz Kafka.

( ARTISTS BOOKS AND GRAPHIC ART BY ELKE REHDER IN THE COLLECTION OF THE GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ LIBRARY IN HANNOVER )

Special edition of an exhibition catalogue from 2006. With 5 hand-coloured woodcuts (one on the cover) by Elke Rehder. Handmade brochure with 55 pages text and pictures in colour. Size14,5 x 21 cm. 30 numbered and signed copies.

( Heinrich Heine, Hamburg and the women )

Artist book with 4 coloured drawings. 42 pages with pictures in colour, 4 original drawings by Elke Rehder und 12 pages from a letter by Heinrich Heine from 27. October 1816 to his friend Christian Sethe. Painted softcover with dust jacket. Size 17 x 28 cm. 2006. 30 numbered and signed copies.

( Check the King or Heinrich Heine on the Isle of Helgoland and the Legend of Rodulf and Rumetrud of the Brothers Grimm )

Artist book with 4 coloured drawings by Elke Rehder. 42 pages with pictures in colour. Handmade brochure with painted cover boards. Size 15 x 21 cm. 2006. 30 numbered and signed copies.

This is also a book to the topic chess.