New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1934. First Trade Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. This is the first printing after the two printings before publication, the third printing overall. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, fore-edge deckle, title blind-stamped on front cover. The 1st American trade edition of the first volume in Mann's acclaimed tetralogy, translated from the German for the first time by H. T. Lowe-Porter. . Volume shows only mild shelf-wear, gilt on spine lightly faded, with a former owner's printed bookplate on the fep, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vi, 428, (2) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29574
Title: JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
Author: Mann, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: First Trade Edition. Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1934
Keywords: Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;, Judaica, Thomas Mann, Bible, Joseph

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