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Large 8vo, pp. 147, [5, advertisement leaf and colophon leaf]; a very good copy in the publisher's original printed orange paper boards, a few light marks to upper cover, slight fading to spine and minor repairs to head and tail.First edition of Hesse's most celebrated work, the beautiful story of a young Brahmin's search for the meaning of life on earth at the time of the Gautama Buddha. It is considered by many to be Hesse's masterpiece, and its English translation in the 1950s became a spiritual guide to the generation of American Beat poets. The first edition, first printing ('Erste bis sechste auflage' on the copyright page) was available with either a paper (as here) or a vellum spine.Wilpert/G�hring 122. Language: German.

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.