Kressmann Taylor — Address Unkown

New york, Simon and Schuster , 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, third printing of K Taylor's important commentary of the German political and social situation in the 1930s. An important novel by Katherine Taylor, who describes and predicts Germany's Nazi situation in the 1930s. Written as a series of letters from a Jewish art dealer in America and his friend back in Germany before the start of the Second World War, between 1932 and 1934. The first edition, third printing, rebound in a charming quarter cloth over decorated boards signed Sangorski and Sutcliffe. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1944, and was performed as a stage play in France, in Israel and at the Promenade Theater in New York in the twenty-first century.Previous ownership inscription to the front blank page, 'Audrey Bouverie,' dated 1939.  From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos.  In a signed Sangorski and Sutcliffe quarter cloth binding over decorated boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with minor soiling to the boards. Previous ownership inscription to the front blank page, 'Audrey Bouverie,' dated 1939. Internally, firmly bound. With the odd faint minor spot to the odd leaf, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .