first edition Cloth
1945 · New York
by Mann, Thomas
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive first US edition/first printing, Bürgin 506. Fine condition in alike dustjacket showing only minor wear to edges. Slight toning of endpapers and page edges, clean and tight. Bright green cloth with gilt decorations and gilt spine; The story of the early life of Moses, of his preparations for leading his people out of Egypt, of the exodus itself and incidents at the oasis Kadesh and of the engraving of the stone tables of the law at Sinai. (From the cover) Translated from the German [Das Gesetz] by H. T. Lowe-Porter; 8vo . (Inventory #: 14821)