Estimate: | £70 - £100 |
Hammer price: | £130 |
MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). Death in Venice ... Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter. London: Martin Secker, 1928. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title (some very faint spotting and staining to first few leaves). Original green cloth, lettered in gilt (spine very slightly faded, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: inscription in German on front free endpaper dated "London 1929", signed illegibly (see illustration). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST U.K. EDITION, which also includes the stories "Tristan" and "Tonio Kröger".