DEATH WITHOUT BATTLE

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American edition of this novel about of Communists and disillusioned Storm Troopers in Nazi Germany. Renn (1889-1979), a German novelist and anti-war activist, was arrested by the Nazis on the night of the Reichstag fire, which was blamed on the Communists, and served two and a half years in prison, until 1935. He lived in exile until 1947 when he returned to East Germany and taught at various universities. Octavo: [vi], 266 pp. Original cloth binding, with red-stamped titles. The dust jacket is toned along the spine, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78607)