All I Want for Christmas is a Signed First Edition of Der Tod In Venedig . . . or Brother, Can You Spare $25,007.50?

That's right, you can get a copy of the first trade edition of Thomas Mann's novella (February 1913)--of which there were only 1000 copies--and it's one of the 60 copies that were signed by Thomas Mann. If you want it, James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC has it--but you better hurry, 'cause it's going fast. Oh, by the way . . . it is in German, so . . . .