THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. AMERICAN EDITION previous owners stamp to front endpages, dustjacket has some chipping around edges, protected in mylar, Vol 1 Volume 1 translaed by David F.Swenson & Lillian Marvin Swenson 387 pgs, Volume 2 translated by Walter Lowrie 304 pgs, First English Language Edition DATE PUBLISHED: 1944 EDITION: FIRST.