Thomas Mann
The Tables of the Law.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First US edition. Translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter of "Das Gesetz" (Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1944). 63 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in green cloth, with green-lettered gilt spine and ornamental designs stamped in gold on front cover. Book is in fine condition. Price-clipped dust jacket shows very light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in transparent plastic cover.
"The story of the early life of Moses, of his preparations for leading his people out of Egypt, of the exodus itself and incidents at the oasis Kadesh and of the engraving of the stone tables of the law at Sinai."