Those Torn from Earth

New York: Liveright Publishing Corp.. Very Good- in Fair dj. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, light shelfwear, ffep roughly torn out; jacket heavily worn with numerous chips and tears, creasing, etc.]. The first and only novel by the noted German-born film composer and songwriter. In some sense it's a "Hollywood novel," in that several of its main characters are involved in the movie industry, but it's really more than that, dealing as it does with four refugees from Nazi Germany (one a prominent conductor, another a filmmaker). Preface by Thomas Mann. .