first edition Hardcover
1927 · New York
by HOLLAENDER, Felix
New York: Payson and Clarke, 1927. Hardcover. First American edition, translated from the German by Sara J.I. Lawson. Small spot on the rear board, else fine in an about fine dustwrapper with a small internally repaired tear. The first chapters of this novel were filmed several times, most influentially in 1925 as *Variete* (or *Variety* in the U.S.) directed by Ewald André Dupont, and featuring Emil Jannings as Boss Huller, confessing his crimes to the prison warden. (Inventory #: 78020)