Thomas Mann; H. T. Lowe-Porter [translator] — The Transposed Heads a Legend of India
New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first American translated edition of this entangling novella by Thomas Mann. A first American edition of The Transposed Heads, translated from the German of Thomas Mann by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Thomas Mann was a German novelist who wrote with rich symbolism and irony, exploring the psychology of the artist and intellectual. The Transposed Heads was one of Mann's Last Novellas and retells an ancient folk legend. In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some fading to the spine and light marks to the wraps. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
