[2], 97, [2] pp. 28.5x19.5 cm. (11¼x7¾"), decorative blue wrappers over boards, paper spine label. One of 100 copies, this being the unique publisher's copy, "Verlagexemplar" printed in the colophon.

Unique copy of the first edition of Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice", the copy reserved for the publisher with specially printed colophon, in a unique binding of blue wrappers over boards, the titled portion of the standard front cover mounted on the front pastedown. "Death in Venice" is considered one of the most important literary productions of the 20th century, and only one hundred copies of the true first edition were printed, with the first trade edition appearing in 1913 from a different publisher. In custom-made cloth folding box with morocco spine label. Provenance: The Garden Ltd. copy, with the morocco bookplate of Haven O’More.