Mann,Thomas. — The black swann. [1st UK edition].

London, Secker & Warburg, 1954. 128 pp. Orig. publiser's binding (green paper over boards, gilt lettering on spine), d./j. 12mo. - Very good copy, pictorial dust jacket perfectly preserved (only some very light shelfwear).Rare first English edition. Translation of Thomas Mann's novella Die Betrogene: Erzählung. Translated from the German by Willard R. Task. - The German edition was first published in Merkur in 1953 (7. Jahrg. 1953, Hefte 63-65). In the same year, the first book edition was published by S. Fischer Verlag. In 1958 the story was included in the Stockholmer Gesamtausgabe.