Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First US edition. vi/510 pages.
Volume is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows shelfwear, with faint scratching to front cover. Binding is firm. Top edge of text block is tinted red. Bookplate is affixed to front pastedown. Previous owner's name and date of 1949 appear at top of front flyleaf. Pages are clean and without markings. Price-clipped dust jacket displays minor loss at edges. Bright cover design is by noted illustrator George Salter. Jacket is preserved in paper-backed mylar cover.