FRAU IM MOND. ROMAN ... 6. bis 10. Tausend. Berlin: August Scherl G.m.b.H., [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-210 [211-212] [213-216: ads], eight inserted plates with sixteen film stills, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in gold, spine panel stamped in brown and gold, rules and publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, top edge stained yellow, white ribbon marker. First edition, second printing, the first printing with film stills. A heroic, absolutely selfless German scientist/technocrat completes a dangerous enterprise, defeating those who stand in the way of German progress and/or expansion. Fritz Lang's 1929 Gaumont-Ufa film "Die Frau im Mond" (a.k.a. "By Rocket to the Moon;" "The Girl in the Moon;" "The Woman in the Moon") was based on this novel. Fisher, Fantasy and Politics: Visions of the Future in the Weimar Republic, pp. 137-40. Lexikon 2, pp. 136-7. Bloch (2002) 1371. Nagl, p. 256. Mild sunning to spine panel, else a fine copy. (#132467).
Price: $1,500.00
"6. bis 10. Tausend" on title page.