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EWERS, Hanns Heinz (1871-1943). Alraune. Translated from the German by S. Guy Endore. New York: The John Day Company, 1929.
Large 8vo. 11 full-page illustrations, head- and tail-pieces, and decorated initials by Mahlon Blaine. Original pictorial black cloth stamped in red and gilt, illustrated endpapers by Blaine, red top stain (a few joints over-opened); original unclipped dust jacket designed by Blaine (few small chips near head, tape repairs to verso, horizontal offsetting from mylar).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this classic novel involving the use of Mandrake.