FIRST EDITIONS, Stories of a Lifetime (Volumes 1 & 2), Thomas Mann, 1961

London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. VG/VG. First Edition. First Printing. Books are tight with solid hinges with green cloth covered boards, The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket are unclipped (35-net) with soiling, light wear to extremities, and toning (see photos). Protected in Brodart Mylar covers. 379 pages and 411 pages. Each volume 5½ x 8" tall.

The two-volume "Stories of a Lifetime" is a collection of Thomas Mann's short stories and novellas, such as “Death in Venice”, “Tonio Kröger”, and “Buddenbrooks”, that explore recurring themes in his career, such as the tension between art and life, the intellectual and the artist, and the psychology of the bourgeoisie. These stories often feature disillusioned romantics, artists, or intellectuals grappling with their isolation, desires, and the societal changes of late 19th and early 20th-century Europe.