Thomas Mann; H. T. Lowe-Porter — The Magic Mountain

New York, The Members of the Limited Edition Club, 1962. Cloth. A fine limited edition of this important German novel by Thomas Mann, signed by the illustrator. A limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is numbered 28.Signed by the illustrator, Felix Hoffmann, to the limitation leaf of Volume II.Complete in two volumes.In the original glassine.In the original slipcase.'The Magic Mountain', first published in Germany in 1924, is considered to be one of the greatest works of twentieth century German literature. The novel begins in the decade of the 1900s, following Hans Castorp, the only child of a Hamburg merchant family, who is brought up by his grandfather and uncle. Volume I is illustrated with five colour plates, and in-text illustrations throughout.Volume II is illustrated with five colour plates, and in-text illustrations throughout.By Thomas Mann, who one the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.Collated, complete.Translated from the original German to English by H. T. Lowe-Porter.With an introductory essay by the author. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original glassine and paper-covered slipcase, Externally, fine. Glassine are fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little worn and rubbed, with a few light marks, spine is faded. Slipcase is in a very good condition. Fine . Ill.: Felix Hoffmann. Fine/Fine.