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Hanns Heinz Ewers: Alraune

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Hanns Heinz Ewers: Alraune
<B>Hanns Heinz Ewers: <I>Alraune.</B></I></B></I> (New York: The John Day Company, 1929), first edition of 3000 copies, 342 pages, translated from the German by S. Guy Endore, slightly erotic illustrations by Mahlon Blaine, original black cloth with red <I>art nouveau</B></I> illustration on front board, pictorial endpapers, 8vo (6.5" x 9.5"). <I>Alraune</B></I> was inspired by an old German legend, and is widely considered to be a different take on <I>Frankenstein.</B></I> The difference in this version is that the "monster" is created when a doctor curious about heredity artificial inseminates a prostitute with the seed of a hanged murderer. The baby girl, title character Alraune, grows up with no emotional attachment to the world around her, and avenges herself on the doctor who created her when she finds out her origins. This copy is good, with corners frayed, head and tail of spine frayed, binding shaken, inside rear hinge cracked, binding broken in many places, gilt worn from spine, general shelf wear, toning to edges, pencil marks on the half title page.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>) <BR><BR><B>Important notic
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