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Stockholm: Neuer Verlag, 1946. 210 by 135 mm (8¼ by 5¼ inches). Original boards; 551 pp. In German. Later edition. Inscribed in German to Evelyn Holt, the spouse of Neumann’s American literary agent Felix Guggenheim. The nine line inscription from Christmas 1946 calls her his “good old lucky devil” and sends greetings to his “little namesake” (which would be, Alfred Kim Guggenheim who was born earlier that year).

Very good.

Alfred Neumann (1895–1952) was a German author. This book was his most popular publication and is a fictitious account of the devil.

Provenance: Collection of Felix Guggenheim (1904–1976).

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