First edition of Hesse’s most celebrated work, the beautiful story of a young Brahmin’s search for the meaning of life on earth at the time of the Gautama Buddha. It is considered by many to be Hesse’s masterpiece, and its English translation in the 1950s became a spiritual guide to the generation of American Beat poets. The first edition, first printing (‘Erste bis sechste auflage’ on the copyright page) was available with either a paper (as here) or a vellum spine.

Wilpert/Gühring 122.

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