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Berlin: August Scherl 1926 First Edition, Third Printing, 12th to 16th Thousand cr.8vo 274,6pp, 1926 VG original green cloth, gilt titles & decorations, yellow page edges, very slight lean, former owner's name stamp to title page, otherwise a very attractive copy, very clean and bright throughout.

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,… Read More

Berlin: August Scherl G.m.b.H., [1926]. First, second and third printings of the German photoplay edition. The first volume has some soiling to the spine and rear panels and mild shelf wear to edges; the second volume has light rubbing to edges; the third volume has some wear to spine ends, some edge rubbing and mild stress creases, and some tanning to the spine panel. All three volumes are very good condition. The archive is preserved in a custom cloth folding box. (15762). Octavo, 3 volumes, each volume containing four inserted plates with eight film stills (all the same), original pictorial wrappers. The first three printings of the German photoplay edition. The first printing has the Willy Reimann illustration of Metropolis (depicting a futuristic megalopolis). The second and third printings use the now iconic Werner Graul illustration. The books are accompanied by a card inscribed and signed by director Fritz Lang: "Greetings / from / METROPOLIS / Fritz Lang" and the rare German… Read More