Hardcover. London, Methuen, 1st UK, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 152 pages. Carl Zuckmayer's famous tale about love, guilt, entanglement, and man's search for mercy is one of the better-known examples of German literature regarding Mainz carnival. The novel was published first in English language, translated by John Geoffrey Gryles Mander and Necke Mander in 1961. Name and small notation on front fly leaf, foxing on edges and endpapers.