Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Title: Die Zeitmaschine : Roman / H. G. Wells ; [Deutsch von Felix Paul Greve]. --

Published: Zurich : Bibliothek zeitgenossischer Werke, [1955, c1904].

Description: p. 5-161, ii ; 18 cm. --

Note:
See also H. G. Wells Folder in Mss 12, Box 1 (FPG Documents): Photocopies of prefatory materials of all six of Greve's Wells translations into German. Many of these were autographed, containing precious information about Greve's where-abouts and activities for his post-prison time, 1904-1906. The copies of the title pages, prefaces, etc. were obtained from the Urbana-Champaign Wells Collection in January 1991. --

The original English text by H. G. Wells also exists in the Frederick Philip Grove Library Collection: "The Wheels of Chance. The Time Machine", in J. M. Dent's "Everyman's Library, Fiction ; no. 915" 1935 edition, xii, 303 p. [RSN: AEG5888].

Contents: Inhalt, p. [163]: 1. Einfuhrung. -- 2. Die Maschine. -- 3. Der Zeitreisende kehrt zuruck. -- 4. Das Reisen in der Zeit. -- 5. In der goldenen Zeit. -- 6. Der Sonnenuntergang der Menschheit. -- 7. Ein plotzlicher Schlag. -- 8. Erklarung. -- 9. Die Morlocken. -- 10.Als die Nacht kam. -- 11. Der grune Porzellanpalast. -- 12. Im Dunkel. -- 13. Die Falle der falschen Sphinx. -- 14. Die weitere Vision. -- 15. Die Rueckkehr des Zeitreisenden. -- 16. Nach der Erzahlung. -- Epilog.

Annotation: The Time Machine (orig. Heinemann, 1895) was the second of Greve's first three (of six) Wells translations, which he partly did while in Bonn prison in 1903/1904.

The Urbana-Champaign Wells Collection contains correspondence indicating that Greve negotiated these initial translations in November, 1903, giving his address simply as "Wilhelmstrasse 19, Bonn". A year later, he sent copies of "Die Zeitmaschine," "Moreau," & "Riesen" to Wells, the following mss. dedication note on the title page of "Riesen" accounting for all three books: "Dear Mr. Wells, / May I send you the three first volumes of / this new edition of your works as a sign of / my profound admiration? / Yours very truly / F. P. Greve / Wollerau, November, 1904."

The original German edition was published in 1904 by FPG (= Felix Paul Greve, later Frederick Philip Grove) for Bruns Publishers in Minden.

The translator FPG's 1904 presentation copy to the author H. G. Wells had opposite t.p. advertisement which listed as previously published:
Food for the Gods [orig. Macmillan, 1904] / Die Riesen kommen [both 1904, meaning, it was a near simultaneous translation!] ; The Island of Doctor Moreau [orig. Heinemann, 1896] / Doktor Moreaus Insel [1904]. --
And as forthcoming: The first Men in the Moon [orig. Newnes, 1901] / Die ersten Menschen im Mond [1905] & When the Sleeper Wakes [orig. Harper, 1899] / Wenn der Schlafer erwacht [1905]. --
Anticipations [orig. Chapman & Hall, 1901] is listed for the first time as forthcoming as "Ausblicke" with Greve's 4th tr., the "Moon /Mond" in 1905.

Local Note: Acquired for RBR with FPG (Greve/ Grove) Endowment Funds in April 2000 by Dr. G.Divay, via ZVAB website from Antiquarian Josef Muller, Bad Tolz. (Received & catalogued May 18, 2000).