METROPOLIS. ROMAN
by Harbou, Thea von
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Wear to edges leather and boards, a very good copy. The decorative pattern on the spine panel is similar to that used by the pub
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: August Scherl G.m.b.H., [1926]. First edition. Wear to edges leather and boards, a very good copy. The decorative pattern on the spine panel is similar to that used by the publisher for their cloth edition. The only copy in this deluxe publisher's binding known to us (or other authorities we have consulted). A unique copy. (27110). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-273 [274] [275: blank] [276-280: ads], three-quarter brick red leather and patterned boards, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettered and ruled tan leather spine label. Rare publishers deluxe binding. Anti-utopia set in a gigantic city in the year 2000 "where capitalists oppress a mass of proletarian helots." - Fisher, p. 128. A restitution fantasy in which a patriarchal order is ultimately reestablished. The Fritz Lang movie adaptation had a mythic scale that would not be challenged -- "The Shape of Things to Come" aside -- for decades to come. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-23; (1981) 2-112; (1987) 2-123; (1995) 2-132; and (2004) II-1197. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1040. Fisher, Fantasy and Politics: Visions of the Future in the Weimar Republic, pp. 126-37; 139-42. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 198. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1383-86. Lexikon 2, pp. 134-6. Bloch (2002) 1370. Nagl, p. 256.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27110
- Title
- METROPOLIS. ROMAN
- Author
- Harbou, Thea von
- Book Condition
- Wear to edges leather and boards, a very good copy. The decorative pattern on the spine panel is similar to that used by the pub
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- August Scherl G.m.b.H.
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- [1926]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Film Source . SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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