Fedor Kaul (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 12mo, 314 pages, not illustrated. Very good condition hardback, no dust jacket. Foxing to pages. Translated into English by Winifred Ray. 40493.

Condition: Good. Bles 1935 First Edition First Printing (Second State - Green Boards) Bruised at top of spine, spine irregular, boards a little rubbed and lightly stained, boxed, front free end paper removed and page edges browned with a small stain on top page edges - Good? book ''It was at a street-fair in an obscure quarter of Berlin that Christopher Leng. first met the clairvoyant, Maniu, who was to exercise such power over the lives of Christopher and others. this thrilling and original novel. traces Maniu's strange history from a fortune-teller's booth in a shabby Berlin street until, as a millionaire in Monte Carlo, he found that his power was broken.''. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Very good book in green cloth covers with black titles to front and spine; spine lightly sunned and spotted; rear board variably sunned. Internally very good; owner's name on prelims; binding tight; some faint foxing spots to closed page ends and end papers but none of moment elsewhere.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-317 [318-320: blank] [note: first and last leaves used as front and rear paste-downs], original light blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition in English, first issue binding. Translation of DIE WELT OHNE GEDÄCHTNIS (1933?) by Winifred Ray. "A hunchbacked genius, reviled by others, takes revenge by releasing a bacterium that causes universal amnesia. He watches the collapse of civilization and the eventual emergence of a new human species. The novel is remarkable for the sympathy accorded the protagonist." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-54. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-51; (1995) 2-63; and (2004) II-584. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 63. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 126. Bleiler (1978), p. 111. Reginald 08080. Not in Bloch (2002; 2010). Spine and rear cover faded, top edge spotted, a sound, good copy. (#167333).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback without dust cover (with red cloth boards). Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of pages and some foxing on page edges due to age, still very usable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First Edition in English. Octavo, original blue cloth titled in black on spine and front cover. 317 pp. Foxing to endpapers; inner hinges at both front & rear reinforced with archival paper tape; wear to cloth at spine tips, spine panel faded; a good to very good copy of a very uncommon. Translation of DIE WELT OHNE GEDÄCHTNIS (1933?) by Winifred Ray. The novel begins conventionally enough with a deformed Scientist, thwarted in love, determining to revenge himself on the world by releasing dangerous bacteria he has developed; these turn out to have a memory-erasing effect on humans. The scientist's love-affair forgotten, the novel becomes a Post-Holocaust vision in which the remnants of mankind mutate into a roving race of giants in harmony with Nature. The scientist grows old and - remarkably - dies forgiven.

first edition ed. hardback less the good condition in fairly worn dirty blue cloth with a sunned spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition,A little toning and darkening to title page otherwsie pages generally clean,Binding firm,Light wear to edges,Dust jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages clean with some tanning to edges,Binding firm,Dust jacket clipped,Light wear to edges,Some small rips and tears to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First UK edition. First UK edition, first issue. 8vo. Original light blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6. The scarce first English edition of this compelling blend of science fiction, horror and utopian fantasy, revolving around a hunchbacked scientist's attempts to become master of the world by removing all memory. Listed in Bleiler and Locke. A very good copy in lightly rubbed and marked but otherwise very good jacket. Book.

First Edition. "Maniu's strange history from a fortune teller's booth in a shabby Berlin street until, as a millionaire at Monte Carlo, he is found that his power was broken". Very Good in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, three inch closed tear at upper front panel.