Tunnel by Kellermann Bernhard, First Edition (9 results)

Pappband. Condition: Gut/Befriedigend. Dust Jacket Condition: Kein Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. 375 S., wenig benutzt, kaum Altersspuren, kein Schutzumschlag, Eonbandrücken etwas ausgeblichen, J-2.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. aus Basar- Reihe (illustrator). S. 280.

Condition: Befriedigend. 400 S., Eine technische Utopie: Der Traum vom Bau eines Unterwassertunnels von New York nach Europa // Einband berieben, gebräunt, hinten mit Flecken, Ecken bestoßen. Innenseiten gebräunt. Farbiger Kopfschnitt. Private Widmung auf Schmutztitel. // [Erstausgabe erschien 1913] // 2,K12 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 470 20 cm, Halbleinen, ohne Schutzumschlag.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. Bibliothek Suhrkamp Band 674, 374 Seiten.

8°, Broschiert. 1. Aufl. 374 S. ; 18 cm Ausgabe 1986, Einband minimal berieben, Kapital leicht bestossen, sonst sehr gut und textsauber erhalten. (=Phantastische Bibliothek suhrkamp taschenbuch, 1283) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 198.

Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. 455 Seiten Zustand: Gebrauchtes Buch mit üblichen Gebrauchsspuren. Diese können sein: leichte Randläsuren, Buchblock leicht schiefgelesen, Papier oder Schnitt leicht gebräunt, als Mängelexemplar gekennzeichnet u.ä. Geprüfter Artikel. Spart Ressourcen gegenüber Neuware. Gebrauchte Bücher schonen die Umwelt. // Ausgewählte Werke in Einzelausgaben /// Versand gratis Innerhalb Deutschlands - Portofrei in Deutschland- ab 20 Euro mit Post ID - Gratisversand deutschlandweit innerhalb Deutschlands gratis Versand -Versandkostenfrei innerhalb Deutschlands /// Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 400 18,5 x 11,5 cm, Hardcover in Leinwand mit Schutzumschlag.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first English edition of Kellerman's 'Der Tunnel', which was one of the most successful books during the first half of the 20st century. First UK Edition.In the publisher's cloth binding.Originally published in German under the title 'Der Tunnel' in 1913, this is the first UK Edition of Kellerman's popular work of fiction.The novel follows the adventures of an idealistic engineer that wishes to build a tunnel underneath the Atlantic Ocean, and proved to be so successful that it sold 100,000 copies six months after its initial publication. Four film adaptations were also created based upon the book.Bernhard Kellermann (1879-1951) was a German author and poet. He achieved significant popularity within Germany as well as the United States.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. A few marks to boards with a bit of fading to the illustration on the front board, as well as on the spine. Minimal bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Spotting to text block. Light age-toning to endpapers, with a bit of spotting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean, with the odd spot to the for edge of text. Very Good. book.

Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-402 [403-408: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], early cloth-backed boards with leather spine label; original pictorial front wrapper bound in at front. First edition. A science fiction novel of remarkable dramatic power and energy which describes and glorifies a giant engineering project to bore a submarine railway tunnel connecting the United States with Europe. "THE TUNNEL shows what it means to sweat and toil for a great dream. Compared to the dramatic impact of Kellermann's book, other novels about similar titanic undertakings are pale things indeed." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2316-9. " . a fiction classic dealing with technology and technicians; the gigantic project of a tunnel between Europe and America is an epic struggle of deep impact" - Rottensteiner, "German SF" in Anatomy of Wonder (1987), p. 382. Kellermann's novel was translated and published in Britain and America in 1915. Both Germany and Britain produced film versions in the 1930s. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, p. 157. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1214. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 45. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 486. Fisher, Fantasy and Politics: Visions of the Future in the Weimar Republic, p. 61. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 126. Lexikon 1, pp. 148-9. Bloch (2002) 1686. Nagl, p. 248. A very good copy. (#134663).

(20,7 x 13 cm); 8°; 402,(6) Seiten; Orig.-Leinwandband. Erstausgabe, Wilpert / Gühring 2, 8. Kopfschnitt ist angestaubt. Schnitte sind leicht stockfleckig. Einband mit wenigen Altersspuren. Name auf dem Vorsatzblatt. * Customers from outside the EU ask please for real shipping costs! - Ask for more pics ! * 1005 gr.