Der Tod in Venedig [Death in Venice]. Novelle.
Book Description
Second printing (Zweite Auflage) following 60 signed copies of which 50 were for sale. Quarter vellum-like paper spine over marbled paper boards with a Prussian blue spine label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Tiny loss to one corner of the spine label. Very slight foxing to fore edge and end papers. Neat ink ownership (’Lili Schosslaender’), dated 1913, on fly. Near fine.
Dealer Notes
A very early printing of one of the greatest short novels of the Twentieth century. Not published in English until 1924 and not in book form until 1925.
Author
Mann, Thomas
Date
1913
Publisher
Berlin, S. Fischer, Verlag
Other books
If you liked the book you've just seen, you might be interested in other books from the same dealer below.
The Novels and Tales of Henry James (New York Edit...
James, Henry
London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd
£2250.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
Letters of James Joyce. Edited by Stuart Gilbert.
Joyce, James
London, Faber and Faber
£280.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel.
Trevor, William
London, The Bodley Head
£100.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Dis...
Hakluyt, Richard
Glasgow, James MacLehose and Sons
£550.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
The Life of Captain James Cook.
Beaglehole, J. C.
London, The Hakluyt Society
£125.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
The Boston Athenaeum - Bicentennial Essays.
Wendorf, Richard (ed.)
Hanover and London, The Boston Athenaeum (distributed by University Press of New England)
£125.00
Offered by Anthony Smith Books
Friends of the PBFA
For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.