Thomas Mann Doctor Faustus 1948 First American Edition Knopf Hardcover No DJ For Sale

A handsome 1948 first American edition of Thomas Mann\'s Doctor Faustus — the Nobel laureate\'s towering reimagining of the Faust legend as a modern German tragedy — bound in the original black cloth with the blindstamped title and Mann\'s monogram on the front board.

Why Buy This Copy?
This is the true first American/first English-language edition, translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1948, the same year the German original appeared abroad. It\'s a substantial, well-made book — Janson type on a Plimpton Press setting, in the Borzoi imprint\'s characteristic cloth binding — that displays beautifully and reads as a serious literary classic, not a reading-copy paperback. No dust jacket, priced accordingly for collectors who want the text and edition without paying jacket premiums.

CORE BOOK IDENTITY

• Title: Doctor Faustus
• Author: Thomas Mann
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (A Borzoi Book)
• Year Published: 1948
• Edition: First American Edition (also first edition in English)
• Printing: First printing (no later-printing statement present)
• Early Printing: Yes
• Language: English (translated from German)
• Format: Hardcover, octavo
• Number of Pages: 510
• ISBN: N/A (pre-ISBN era)
• Topic: Literary fiction / Faust legend retelling
• Binding: Black cloth, blindstamped front board
• Subject: German literature, 20th-century fiction
• Special Attributes: Blindstamped title + Mann monogram on front cover
• Character Family: N/A
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Region: N/A
• Illustrator: N/A (jacket art by George Salter — not present on this copy)
• Signed: No
• Personalized: No
• Place of Publication: New York, NY
• Year Printed: 1948
• Country of Origin: USA

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• ✔ Surrounded with additional packing material to prevent movement inside the carton.
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