Number 360 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies signed by the German writer Thomas Mann. An incontrovertible figure in contemporary literature, he left us works of great intensity and verisimilitude that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. This is the first edition of Nocturnes in English with its translation attributed to Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. This includes lithographs by the father of the graphic novel, Lynd Ward. The work of this American artist brings Thomas Mann's short stories to life throughout this book to accompany readers plunging into its pages. Nocturnes was published during Thomas Mann's period of exile in Switzerland in the wake of the Nazi regime's rise to power in Germany.