Description: Thea Von Harbou - Metropolis - 1927 U.K. first edition published by The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd First U.K. edition. 250 pages. The book is reasonably firmly bound in dark red cloth, lettered and decorated in tarnished gilt, the spine is age darkened and the extremities are bumped and rubbed. The text block is age browned, lightly marked and foxed, with slight cracking at points. The Aubrey Hammond designed dust jacket is the original and not price clipped, it is slightly marked, toned and rubbed, with chips and short closed tears to the edges, some repaired and strengthened with thin paper archival tape to the reverse, there is surface loss to the paper from the removal of older tape repairs to the front of the jacket, which is somewhat unsightly, particularly around the spine. The first printing of this small, fragile, cheaply produced film tie-in edition, with no mention of the title to the jacket flaps or in the list of titles opposite the copyright page.
Price: 1100 GBP
Location: Liverpool
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Binding: Cloth
Format: Hardback w/Jacket
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, With Dust Jacket
Fiction Subject: Science Fiction
Year Printed: 1927