Der Orchideengarten The Orchids Garden 1919, #11 VG- 3.5
| Grade | VG- 3.5 |
| Year | 1919 |
| Publisher | Dreilanderverlag |
Spine split 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
This is a low grade item. It will be complete and readable, but will show significant wear. Allowed defects for this grade include: spine roll, a moderate amount of staining or water damage, writing or other marks on the cover, up to one inch spine splits or other tears, a cover or centerfold that is detached at one staple, discoloration due to oxidation, and a minor piece or pieces missing. An item could be assigned this grade due to either an accumulation of minor/moderate defects or one or two major defects.
Description
Issue #11 - first half of Sept. 1919. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Contents for this issue include: "Der Tod Durch Die Annonce" by Fjodor Ssologub, illustrated by E. Plaichinger-Coltelli, "OM!" by Max Rohrer, full page illustration by Koro Otei, "Untergang" by Will Scheller, "Maskenball" by Hans Reiser, illustrated by Franz Huber, "Rumpelbumm" by Richard Euringer, "Das Treibhaus" illustrated by Jacques Callot. Cover by Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.
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