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    Der Orchideengarten (German 1919-1921 Dreilanderverlag) The Orchids Garden #1919, #18 GD/VG 3.0
    Published Dec 1919 by Dreilanderverlag.
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    Issue #18 - second half of Dec. 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: "Die Golden Garten" by Karl Hans Strobl, illustrated by Sascha Kronburg, "Tanz Aug Montmartre" by Walter Rheiner, full page illustration by Wilhelm Kaulbach, "Geburtscucher" by L.W. Rochowanski, illustrated by Wilhelm Heise, "Duke of Portland" by Villiers de L'Iele-Adam, illustrated by Alf von Czibulka, "Lied" by Alfons Kolzow, "Das Treibhaus" by H.W. Cover by Hilda Supan. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

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