ORLIK (Emil) - WEISS (H. M.). Li von H.M. Weiss begleitet durch Radierungen/Aquarelle und Handzeichnungen von Emil Orlik. Berlin: Eigenbrödler verlag, [1924]. - In-4, 255 x 195: (2 ff.), 78 pp, (2 ff.), 29 plates. Publisher's full white cloth boards, special gilt-backed plates on boards and spine, gilt head, untrimmed. First edition of this collection of Chinese stories taking place during the 1911 revolution. It is illustrated with 29 plates including 5 original etchings and 24 reproductions of watercolors and drawings, including 8 in color, by the Berlin painter and engraver Emil ORLIK (1870-1932). Edition at 1000 numbered copies, signed by the artist at the justification. A very well preserved copy. Provenance: ex-libris Buecherei haus Kretkamp. - Handwritten ex-dono in English on the first blank page, dated June 30, 1945