UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1944 BOOK ''JOSEPH THE PROVIDER'' BY THOMAS MANN AND PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF. HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET UNDER MYLAR PROTECTIVE COVER APP.  5.5'' X 7.75'' AND 608 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE AND COPYRIGHT DATE 1944 AND STATED ''FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION, INSCRIPTION DEDICATION TO PREVIOUS OWNER ON THE FRONT END-PAPER, THE DUST JACKET HAS VERY MINOR EDGE WEAR, A VERY MINOR EDGE TEAR, VERY MINOR FADING.