Kurt Heuser; Willa and Edwin Muir [trans.] — The Journey Inward

New York, The Viking Press, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of German screenwriter Kurt Heuser's thrilling novel, translated into English by Willa and Edwin Muir. The very scarce first US edition, first printing. First published in 1931 in the original German.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Translated from the original German by Willa and Edwin Muir.A wonderful novel in which a young European surveyor named Jeronimo travels to the uncharted regions of the East Coast of Africa, and is thrown into a series of thrilling adventures.With the bookplate of Calvin Bullock, a Wall Street financier and promoter of Anglo-American goodwill in the Second World War, to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head, with small closed tears to back strip tail. Small closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.