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Signed limited edition, copy number 127 of 1,000 copies issued to commemorate the 100th printing of Thomas Mann's literary masterpiece. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original striped paper-covered boards over parchment spines stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; with frontispiece by Olaf Gulbransson. text in German. Very Good with rubbing and light soiling to bindings, former owner name to title pages. Front hinge of volume 2 is pilled and slightly cracked, other hinges are rather tight. A monumental novel and a towering literary achievement of the 20th century, often hailed as one of the most influential works of German literature.

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.