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Star of the Unborn: Available Copies

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Inventory = B; 645 Pages; 720 Grams; By the Author of the Song of Bernadette; Science Fiction novel first published in 1946. Blue Cloth Boards with Gold Titles on cover and spine The story is set in a utopian future and follows the protagonist, who awakens in this new world after a long sleep. The novel explores themes of human nature, society, and the potential for a better future. Dust Jacket = Creasing to covers, Chipping to edges of DJ, Magic Tape Repairs inside the DJ, 1-3/4" x 3" Piece Missing at bottom of spine to DJ, staining to DJ, thus Fair. Book = Name Written at top of inside front cover, Minor Staining to right edge of Book, Moderate Spotting Stains to spine and back cover and spine, splitting to front end pages near spine, re-glued; thus Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

1st edition. Good in worn jacket. Discolouration to boards and spine. Long ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust jacket unclipped, many large chips to spine and edges. Book comes protected in mylar cover.

very good gray cloth with red and gold titles, spine a bit faded by light, tiny tear at top rear corner. previous owner's name stamp on front endpaper. WERFEL, FRANZ. Star of the Unborn. Translated by Gustave O. Arlt. New York: The Viking Press, 1946, x, 645pp., . "First published by the Viking Press in February 1946." - Published in same day in Canada, printed by The Haddon Craftsmen.

Minor edge and spine rubbing, one inch long tape repaired closed tear on the lower rear edge with a two faint, short creases near the same edge. A few small imperfections to the lightly tanned edges. Spine is straight, binding square and tight, text clean. A Very nice copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Visionary colorful artwork by Gene Szafran across the spine and both covers are clean, bright, and shiny. Book has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the four outside corners. Nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing in a few places around the outside edges. Previous owner's name on the upper edge of the first page, but then colored out. Binding is straight and tight. Light cream colored pages are all clean and crisp. 627 pages. A lovely copy; rare.

In Excellent Condition This Mass Market Paperback Is A Bantam First Edition, Tight And Unmarked, Very Slight Aging To Pages. Illustrated Cover With Only Minor Wear, Small Dog Ear To Bottom Right Corner, No Reading Creases On Spine And Only Minor Rubbing To Edges. In Excellent Condition.

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1st edition. Very good in worn jacket. Some discolouration to spine cloth, gilt on spine fading. Square and tight binding. Jacket price clipped, small chips/worn edges, bigger chips to front top of jacket and top of spine. Book comes protected in mylar jacket cover.

Scarce first US edition of Werfel's work of H.G. Wellsian science fiction updated by "Einstein and Catholicism" (Kahn) in the rare dust jacket. Werfel's narrator first dies, then makes haste to California-Lemuria some hundred thousand years later. Inventive and unpredictable, concerned with time and timelessness, etiquette and mysticism, astral flight and angelology, committee meetings of talking dogs and the mass exodus of domestic cats from the hearths of humanity to somewhere out of the world. Werfel's ambitious and lengthy last work, it was written in German during his last years in California, then first published (posthumously) in Sweden as STERN DER UNGEBORENEN in 1946. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original grey-blue cloth stamped in red and gilt. Red topstain. In original unclipped ($3.00) blue printed dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock. 645, [1] pages. Previous owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Minor bumping to boards, very faint spotting to top edge of text block. Some chipping to jacket edges with additional closed tears to spine ends, small tape repair to jacket verso. Very good plus in good plus jacket.

Star of the Unborn by Franz Werfel (First Edition) Rare A firm copy with minor stains to text block. Minor wear to corners. Internally clean. Original dust jacket. Minor rubbing to covers. Minor bumping to edges. Not price clipped. First published by the Viking Press in February 1946, stated. First hardcover edition. Bleiler II listed title. Grey cloth, blocked in red, lettered gilt. Blue dust jacket.The Author's last book and the one he considered his best.