dedication copy to the mother of the actress Rosamond Pinchot Hofmannsthal, Hugo von. The Egyptian Helena. Opera in two elevators. 95 pp., 1 Bl. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. OHalf-perchment band (minimumly rubbed) with gold-embossed lid and RTitel as well as KGoldschnitt. (Leipzig, island, 1928). 1. Printed by the Mainz press. Sarkowski 759. Jacoby 54. Weber VIII, 71.1. – First book edition of this version. One of 25 Roman numbered copies (total edition: 231). – Insignificantly browned. Uncircumcised. - Purpose with a 5-line dedication by the author Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) to the mother of the important actress Rosamond Pinchot (1904-1938), Gertrude Minturn Pinchod: "To Ms. Minturn Pinchot with many kind Thoughts Hofmannsthal. Bad Aussee, October, 4th [1]928.' Rosamond Pinchot was one of the most famous discoveries of Max Reinhardt, who noticed the nineteen-year-old girl on an ocean crossing, which he immediately engaged. She was considered the "ideal type of the American girl".