RARE collection of essays on Leipzig, the so-called Buch-Stadt, city of books, because of its large number of publishing houses before WW2. Mit Beiträgen von Dr. Gustav Wahl: Die Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig; Dr. Fritz Adolf Hünich: Die Sammlung Kippenberg; Prof. Dr. Georg Witkowski: Meine lieben Bücher; Wirkl.Geh.Rat Prof. Dr. A. Wach: Inkunabelnsammlung. Contains 2 color fold-out maps of Leipzig and its surroundings and numerous b&w plates. 220x120mm. 136 pages. Softcover. Black lettering on front and rear cover. Cover and spine slightly stained. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges tattered, peeling and partly missing. Spine and pages upper edge bumped. Spine partly peeling. Spine front hinge upper edge detached from front cover. First 15 pages edge worn - no damage to text. Some pages corner wrinkled. Page 136 edges worn. Pages edge slightly water-stained and wavy - no damage to text. Several pages slightly age-stained. Text block age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare booklet has unfortunately sustained some wear (mostly external), but is overall in good reading condition.