Der Orchideengarten (German 1919-1921 Dreilanderverlag) The Orchids Garden 1919, #13

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Issue #13 - first half of Oct. 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 this issue include: "Der Dreizehnte" by Leopold Plaichinger, full page illustration by Karl Rebus, "Mondsuchtig" by Karl Hans Strobl, "Der Mantel Des Teufels" by J. Tichy, illustrated by Otto Linnekogel, "Der Selbstmorder" by Ferdinand Weishandl, "Met-Em-Het" by Hanns Wohlbold, illustrated by Wilhelm Heise, "Das Treibhaus". Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.