Sell or Auction Your Thea Von Harbou Metropolis 1926 1st Edition in Dust Jacket for up to Nearly $5,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your Thea von Harbou Metropolis 1926 1st Edition in Dust Jacket
Metropolis is a 1925 science fiction novel by the German writer Thea von Harbou. The novel was the basis for and written in tandem with Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis.
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Thea von Harbou Metropolis 1926 1st Edition in Dust Jacket. Sold for nearly $5,000.
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