Thomas Mann
Stories of a Lifetime.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. First UK edition. 379/411 pages.
Two-set edition. Volumes, each measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to to spines. Books are in fine condition. Dust jackets show light shelfwear, with sunning to spines.  Second volume has spine panel with very small closed tear at top edge and small water marking at bottom. Volumes are preserved in transparent plastic covers.
"In 1936 Thomas Mann collected his short stories and "Novellen" in a volume which he entitled "Stories of Three Decades." Rather than reprint that now incomplete collection, the three later "Novellen," "Tables of Law," "The Transposed Heads," and "The Black Swan" have been added to form the two-volume "Stories of a Lifetime." Written at dates ranging from 1896 to 1953, and including some of his finest work, this collection forms an excellent introduction to the work of one of the major writers of this century."