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Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1922. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing with "erste bis sechste auflage" on the copyright page, with text in the original German. 147, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's orange boards, lettered in brown, brown topstain. Near Fine with minor lean to binding, light wear, slight fading and soiling to boards with a small stain to the front cover. Fantastic homemade bookplate of Zeus on front pastedown. A lovely copy of Hesse's classic philosophical novel.

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha.

Look for the publisher 'S. Fischer Verlag' with the year 1922 mentioned, especially if the text is in German. Additionally, earlier editions may not have the ISBN as it was introduced in the 1970s.