39 x 27.5 cm. 71 pages. Original morocco binding with red spine and title, black, blind-stamped cover and gilt head edges. In original half-leather case with spine title. (Bound by Roland Meuter, Ascona). With seven color etchings by Kurt Steinel. Foreword by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Afterword by Hans Mayer. Dino Buzzatti, Gabrielli, a Phantom from Earlier Days. Memories of Cesare Gabrielli, the Archetype of Cipolla. - One of 25 numbered copies of the special edition with an additional signed suite of all the original color etchings by Kurt Steinel. Elisabeth Mann Borgese, one of the "children" in the story, wrote her foreword especially for this edition and signed all copies. Thomas Mann's short story was first published in 1930 under the title "Tragic Travel Experiences." The binding was made by Roland Meuter of Ascona. The colored etchings, created exclusively for this edition by Kurt Steinel, were printed at the Willi Jesse copperplate printing house in Berlin. Steinel signed all etchings and the printing imprint. Published as the 7th printing by Antinous Presse. Immaculately preserved.