Jun 02, 2022 - Sale 2607

Sale 2607 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
Harbou, Thea von (1888-1954)
Metropolis.

Prague: A. Sveceny, 1927.

First edition in Czech, translated by Marie Dolejsi, illustrated with stills from the 1927 film throughout, with illustration before the title; bound in publisher's blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and front board and a stylized building façade blocked in black, patterned endleaves, marbled edges, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

This translation of the original treatment of the expressionist science fiction film was published in the year of the film's release to appeal to the Czech-speaking audience.