Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
1925
Alfred A Knopf
First American Edition
8vo
Description:
The first American edition of Mann's modernist masterpiece detailing the tragic descent of a dignified writer.
Translated into English by Kenneth Burke, this classic novella follows Gustav von Aschenbach, a celebrated German author who travels to Venice in search of creative renewal but instead becomes fatally consumed by an unrequited, idealised infatuation with a Polish youth named Tadzio.
Condition:
Good/Fair Condition. Black cloth with red titles to front board and spine. Decorated end papers. Contents are clean with small previous owner's name to front end paper. Small closed tear to title page. Boards have some wear with light fraying to edges. Some more notable marking to both boards. Fading to spine.
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
1925
Alfred A Knopf
First American Edition
8vo
Description:
The first American edition of Mann's modernist masterpiece detailing the tragic descent of a dignified writer.
Translated into English by Kenneth Burke, this classic novella follows Gustav von Aschenbach, a celebrated German author who travels to Venice in search of creative renewal but instead becomes fatally consumed by an unrequited, idealised infatuation with a Polish youth named Tadzio.
Condition:
Good/Fair Condition. Black cloth with red titles to front board and spine. Decorated end papers. Contents are clean with small previous owner's name to front end paper. Small closed tear to title page. Boards have some wear with light fraying to edges. Some more notable marking to both boards. Fading to spine.
