Der Zauberberg.

2 vol., 8vo.

Original blue publisher's calf, central gilt element with author's initials "T.M." on covers, gilt orn. flat spines, red leather title labels (some min. scratches on covers, spines faded).

Rare first edition of this novel considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th-c. German literature. The work can be read both as a classic example of the European Bildungsroman and as a parody of this genre. Limited edition of 150 signed copies. This is numb. 104, signed by Thomas Mann. With ms. ex dono of Charles Lejeune "à sa très chère Tante Hedwig", Amsterdam, 1925.