VAMPIR. EIN VERWILDERTER ROMAN IN FETZEN UND FARBEN. München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-478 [479: note on dates and places of composition of the novel] [480: publisher's ad], headpieces by Paul Renner for each of the 15 chapters, publisher's decorated paper-covered chocolate brown boards printed in black, top edge stained green. First edition, first printing with VAMPIR listed on page [2] as "I.-L. Auflage." Suffering from a strange illness, Frank Braun discovers that his vitality is restored by blood taken from a woman companion. "... a shapeless, sprawling book in which World War I is seen as a gigantic vampiric feast." - Rottensteiner, The Fantasy Book, p. 141. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-68. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 146. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature V, p. 2398. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 70. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Bloch (2002) 922. Boards rubbed and dusty, endpapers foxed, pulpy text paper tanned but supple, a sound, good copy of a very fragile book. Quite scarce. (#175349).
Price: $450.00
VAMPIR listed on page [2] as "I.-L Auflage."