MANN, Thomas — WÄLSUNGENBLUT
Munich. Phantasus. First Edition. Striking pictorial green boards (8" x 10-1/2") in red paper slipcase; text in German. One of 530 numbered copies, this copy not numbered, SIGNED by both author and artist in pencil on the colophon page. First edition of one of Thomas Mann's most controversial works, with 12 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS and 20 text illustrations and initials by Theodor Thomas Heine. The text, which satirizes Richard Wagner's DIE WALKÜRE, was originally intended to be published in 1906 but was withdrawn by Thomas Mann before publication.. Theodor Thomas Heine. Owner's 1922 inscription on the front pastedown; spine of book and slipcase professionally repaired