Thea von Harbou: 'Metropolis', Berlin, August Scherl, 1926, ...

Hammer

£170

Thea von Harbou: 'Metropolis', Berlin, August Scherl, 1926, 1st edition, pp. [1-8] 9-273 [274] [275: blank] [276-280: ads], original decorative green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, spine with brown cloth title label lettered in gilt and gilt decorated above and below, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear cover, all page edges stained yellow. Landmark Science-Fiction and Fantasy story set in 2026 in a technologically advanced city, sustained by the existence of an underground society of labourers. Written in conjunction with the film directed by Von Harbou's husband Fritz Lang.