Illustrated English translation of Hanns Heinz Ewers' decadent novel, Alraune, the second volume in his Frank Braun trilogy: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Alraune, and Vampire. Inspired by medieval beliefs in the occult properties of the mandrake root (alraune), which was thought to grow under gallows from the fallen semen of hanged men, an arrogant student, Frank Braun, persuades his vicious uncle, Jacob ten Brinken, to create a child through artificial insemination using sperm from a condemned man and a prostitute as the ...
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Illustrated English translation of Hanns Heinz Ewers' decadent novel, Alraune, the second volume in his Frank Braun trilogy: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Alraune, and Vampire. Inspired by medieval beliefs in the occult properties of the mandrake root (alraune), which was thought to grow under gallows from the fallen semen of hanged men, an arrogant student, Frank Braun, persuades his vicious uncle, Jacob ten Brinken, to create a child through artificial insemination using sperm from a condemned man and a prostitute as the mother. The child, Alraune, grows into an extremely beautiful but thoroughly perverse young woman with a mysterious power to subject others and to bring riches and ruination. Alraune was first published in German in 1911. This Birchgrove Press edition is based on an English translation published by The John Day Company, New York, in 1929 that was illustrated by Mahlon Blaine.
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Add this copy of Alraune (Frank Braun Trilogy) to cart. $36.29, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Birchgrove Press.
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Add this copy of Alraune to cart. $225.00, good condition, Sold by Jero Books and Templet Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1929 by The John Day Co..
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Mahlon Blaine. Good. No DJ. Adult Fiction / Occult /Horror. 8vo. Special Limited Edition to 3000 Copies. (1929. ) Hardcover without dust jacket. 8vo with 342 pages. The book is in good condition with very slight shelf wear, wearing to spine and spotting to covers. Interior is clean and tight. Twelve Beautiful illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down. Some fading to spine. "Ewers was a master at describing characters, both visually and in terms of their personalities and motivations. Reading Alraune is pure pleasure. Alraune is part of the Frank Braun trilogy but the story itself is self-sufficient." Pictures available upon request. Black cloth spine/Gilt-Red text. #034528.
