Hommage de la France à Thomas Mann à l'occasion de son quatre-vingtième anniversaire [From the personal library of Harold von Hofe]
Paris: Editions Flinker, 1955. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1000. Quarto. 169, [5]pp. Uncut. Original glassine over printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Mann. Limited edition of this work being an homage rendered by the most eminent personalities of the arts and literature at the occasion of Thomas Mann's 80th birthday. With contributions by Joseph Breitbach, François Mauriac, André Maurois, Jean Schlumberger, Jean Cocteau, Pierre Boulez, Marguerite Yourcenar, Albert Schweitzer, and many others. Laid in, an handwritten letter in French by René Bellé to Harold von Hofe (eminent scholar in the field of German exile studies), and dated July 12, 1955. Text in French. Some age wear on glassine with chipping along upper edge. Glassine in overall fair to good-, wrappers and interior in very good condition. g. Item #28806
Price: $125.00