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Berlin: S. Fischer, Verlag, 1913. Very Good. Signed by Thomas Mann on the title page. First trade edition, eighteenth printing. 145, [3] pp. Publisher's quarter vellum over marbled paper-covered boards, spine label blocked in turquoise with gilt lettering. In the original German. Very Good with rubbing to marbled paper, light wear, small stain to fore edge. An uncommon signed copy of one of the author's best-known works with strong homoerotic themes.

Death in Venice is a novella that explores the complexities of art, youth, and desire through the experiences of a distinguished author who becomes infatuated with a beautiful boy in Venice.