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First edition in English, first impression. Originally published as Das Totenschiff: Geschichte eines Amerikanischen Seemanns in 1926. As noted by the dust jacket blurb, "this sea story, which is a blend of the horrible, the pathetic and the sublime, is from every point of view one of the most extraordinary which post-war Europe has produced". Octavo. Original brown cloth, lettering to spine in gilt, top edge brown. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom brown morocco-backed folding box. Extremities very slightly bumped, browning to endpapers, else a near-fine copy. Spine of dust jacket toned and mark to front panel, else a very good example of an unclipped jacket.