Mann, ThomasBiblio.com
Mann, ThomasBiblio.com
The Tables Of The Law
19456452Alfred A. Knopf New York 1945; First Edition; 8vo 64 pages; green cloth; gilt spine gilt front board graphics red topstain. Thomas Mann’s compelling novella on the life of Moses which first appeared in 1943 as part of a larger collection of ten novellas grouped together and edited by literary agent Armin L. Robinson and published by Simon and Schuster under the title "The Ten Commandments Ten Short Novels Of Hitler’s War Against The Moral Code." The stories were written by different authors from around the world each of whom was assigned a different Commandment the purpose being an international condemnation of Nazism. Mann was assigned the First Commandment which he entitled "Das Gesetz" "The Law". In 1945 Alfred A. Knopf decided to publish Mann’s novella separately here entitling it "The Tables Of The Law." Book design by Paul Rand translation into English by Helen T. Lowe-Porter. Fine in a Fine dust jacket that has a miniscule wrinkle at the upper left corner of the front panel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
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