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an old book with a black cover sitting on a white surfacean open book with a drawing of a man on a boata close up of a book with a handwritten page on itan open book with a black and white title on it
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Estimate 1 000 € - 1 500 €
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Description
Mann, Thomas Little Mr Friedemann. With 11 full-page woodcuts and 4 two-colour, eight-line initials in woodcut by Otto Nückel. Munich, Phantasus, 1920. 3 leaves (half-title, leaf with publisher’s mark, title page, 1st woodcut), 58 pp., 2 leaves (1st woodcut, proof) 4°. Hand-bound in half-leather with gold-embossed title and designer’s vignette, together with gold-edged headband; the covers additionally covered with embroidered silk (slightly rubbed). First separate edition of the novella, signed by the author and artist. – Rodenberg 457, 2. – Sennewald 20,3. – Pauls, Nückel, IV. – Potempa E4.2. - One of 150 copies from the third ‘Vorzugsausgabe’ (special edition) (GA 220), numbered by hand with Arabic numerals; the entire print run of this second edition by the Phantasus Press, signed by Thomas Mann and Otto Nückel in the colophon. - The substantial handmade paper volume shows slight browning; overall, a very well-preserved copy with vivid, deep-black prints of Nückel’s woodcuts. First individual edition of the novella, signed by the author and artist. With 11 full-page woodcuts and 4 two-colour woodcut initials by Otto Nückel. Bound in the original publisher’s half-vellum with a gilt spine title and cover vignette, as well as a gilt top edge. Boards additionally covered with embroidered silk. – For references, see above. - One of 150 copies numbered by hand with Arabic numerals (total print run 220 copies), the entire print run of this second volume of the bibliophilic Phantasus Press, signed by Thomas Mann and Otto Nückel in the imprint. - The substantial mould-made paper shows slight browning; overall, this is indeed a well-preserved copy, with strong, deep black impressions of Nückel’s woodcuts. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 24/10/2026 à 10h00
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