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First edition, first printing, with "Erste bis Sechste Auflage" on the copyright page. The novel's depiction of Buddhism and the struggle for enlightenment was particularly influential in the 1960s and 1970s, and served as the inspiration for Nick Drake's song "River Man". Octavo. Original orange boards, spine and front cover lettered in black. Book label of one Richard Ascher to front free endpaper, and his ink inscription, dated December 1923, to first blank. Spine toned and discreetly repaired, boards lightly marked, small spots of wear to extremities, contents clean. A very good copy.

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.