Lot 142
[Hesse, Hermann]. First edition, first issue of Der Steppenwolf. Berlin: G. Fischer Verlag. Octavo. 64, 33, 65-289, [1] pp., with the separately paginated Tractat bound in with faux wrappers as required. Original blue cloth ruled and decorated in gilt; covers lightly soiled and worn, some chipping to head and foot of spine as well as a split in cloth; gilt ruling rubbed away at some spots. Without the fragile dust-jacket, the usual browning very light to adjacent pages of faux Tractat wrappers (often quite heavy). German ex-libris stamp to title, front fly-leaf excised. A good copy. Hesse (1877-1962) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. His novel Siddhartha and the present work are probably his best known pieces.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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