MANN, THOMAS — The Magic Mountain

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Thomas Mann (1875-1955) based much of his 1924 novel on the experience he and his wife had while she received treatment at a Davos, Switzerland sanatorium. The main character, a young engineer named Hans Castorp, makes the arduous journey to the sanatorium, expecting to return home after a brief stay. However, symptoms of a tuberculosis-like ailment appear, and he ends up staying for seven years. This handsome reprint edition in a translation from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. With illustrations by Gonzalo Fonseca. --- In full dark brown faux leather with gilt decorations on covers & spine, three raised spine bands and titling gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt (AEG), and with brown patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With just a hint of scuffing to textblock gilding, else a bright, tightly bound, clean copy lacking additional apparent damages. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xviii, 724 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .