The Royal Woman by Heinrich Mann - 1930

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1930 Burgundy boards, 320 pp, presumed 1st U.S. Edition. Jacket remnants have been glued to fep and inner front cover showing art deco blonde woman in pink hat, $2.00 price and front panel blurb describing novel as a masterpiece and stating that the continental public holds Heinrich Mann in as high esteem as his brother and Nobel prizewinner, Thomas Mann. On front board in yellow crayon (?) is the annotation, "Absorbing translation. x." There is also a stamp on the first page stating "please return in 7 days." Book is soiled, stained, binding is cracked, spine is cocked and torn. Top edge is stained burgundy. Other edges dustsoiled. Just short of unacceptable, but it is not a common book and the piece of dust jacket is attractive!

New York: Macaulay Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. 12mo. Pp. vi, 320. Wine-red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, top edge dyed dark red. Gilt a bit worn. In the color illustrated dust jacket, with flap price $2.00 intact. Spine head chipped, two short, closed tears to rear panel, old tape reinforcements verso. Laid in publisher's advertising sheet, folded twice. The intrigues of members of a prominent family reflected through their staging of a play depicting Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III and Kaiser Wilhelm. The dust jacket design by "P W" (Paul Wenck?) is a fresh color illustration representative of the period. A bright copy. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.