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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. First American edition, first printing. [vi], 389 ;[iv], 359 pp. Complete in two volumes bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in red, lacking slipcase. Near Fine with former owner name written on first blank, bookseller tickets on paste downs, copyright page on Vol. 2 uncut. In original pictorial dust jackets, toned and lightly worn with a little staining to front flaps, Vol. 1 Good with chipping at head and tail, archival tissue mend to verso along split in front joint, Vol. 2 Very Good. The German author's first and most acclaimed novel, rare in jackets.

Buddenbrooks is a family saga novel about the decline of a German merchant family over four generations.