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The first edition of Buddenbrooks was priced at 12 Mark.

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Confirmed by multiple independent sources including a Cambridge University Press scholarly work; the 12 Mark price applied to the paperback binding variant, with a 14 Mark hardcover variant also existing simultaneously. [tier=gold indep_score=0.838 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: Bürgin bibliography of Thomas Mann's works, S. Fischer Verlag publication records) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]

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