Heinrich MANN

First edition in French which appears to have been published before the German edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Some light foxing on the first endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown cardboard, smooth back, yellow head, blue head, jacket attached in very bad condition.
Charming interior of the first slightly fragile dish, two small snags without gravity in the margin of the first board.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Heinrich Mann, in French, to Maurice Martin du Gard: "... in testimony of my strong sympathy for the Ecrits Nouveaux"

First edition of the French translation which appears to have been published before the German edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Endpapers lightly and entirely shaded, otherwise a handsome copy.