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New York: Doubleday, Page, 1924. Covers lightly soiled; former owner's signature.. First Edition of This Translation. Original Cloth. Very Good.

The Nonesuch Press, London, 1923. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English edition of Toller's play, originally written in 1919 (and apparently the first English translation of any of his writings). Crown 8vo. x, 58pp. Black and fawn batik boards with a paper spine label (and a spare tipped to the rear pastedown). With four tipped-in photogravures. Boards lightly faded at the backstrip and with just a touch of wear to one or two extremities. A little faint browning to the free endpapers. Many gatherings uncut. A super copy. A two-page introduction ('The Author to the Producer, October 1921') and Jürgen Fehlings' essay, 'Note on the Production of Masses and Man', bookend Toller's play, penned during his imprisonment at Niederschönenfeld following his involvement in the establishment of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic..