1945 The Tables Of The Law Thomas Mann First US Edition First Printing Dust W...

Description: Click here to see our other books! The Tables of the Law Thomas Mann 1945 Alfred A Knopf : New York 9.5" by 6.5" [6], 1-64pp. SUMMARY An excellent first US edition and printing of Thomas Mann's impressive novella, being a rewrite of the Biblical story of Moses in the Book of Exodus. First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper Overall Condition: Near Fine This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 15.99 EU Postage: £ 13.99 European Postage: £ 14.99 Asia Postage: £ 18.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99 DESCRIPTION The first US edition of this work.The story was commissioned to Thomas Mann by the original publisher Armin L. Robinson for a book titled The Ten Commandments: Ten Short Novels of Hitler's War Against the Moral Code; This publication had ten authors, one for each commandment. Mann's novella was paid $1000, and was meant to be the introduction of the book, but Robinson liked it so much that he made it the first story, under the title 'Thou Shalt Have No Other God Before Me.' The story first appeared in 1943. This edition, translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter being the first US edition and printing as its own work. The story told is that of the early life of Moses and 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 "Sinai." The story takes on a new life and meaning with Thomas Mann's evocative prose. With the unclipped dust wrapper. CONDITION In the original publisher's cloth binding with decorations in gilt to the front board and a gilt-covered spine. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minor closed tear to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Near Fine Near Fine GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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