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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First edition, Number 151 of 200 copies printed on Worthy Aurelian paper and signed by the author. Printed in Bodoni Type. Printed at the Plimpton Press. 2 vols. 8vo. 1/2 vellum with grey, white, and green striped paper over boards, gilt spine. Some rubbing to edges of covers, very good. First edition, Number 151 of 200 copies printed on Worthy Aurelian paper and signed by the author. Printed in Bodoni Type. Printed at the Plimpton Press. 2 vols. 8vo. The Nobel Prize-winning author's greatest book, the story of Hans Castorp's bildung in a Davos sanitarium.

A landmark of modern literature, The Magic Mountain unfolds in a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusively to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe on the eve of World War I.