Thiess (Frank) The Devil’s Shadow
£250
London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
An attractive first UK edition of this the third book in his tetralogy on Germany as he saw it during the interwar years.
Out of stock
Some minor foxing, bookseller’s small label to front pastedown; overall very good in near fine dust-jacket.
Jacket designs by William Kermode.
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