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BRIGANDS OF THE MOON.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers, 1931. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-386 [388-392: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], illustration by J. Allen St. John, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Space opera set in A.D. 2079. This was first published as a serial in Astounding Stories, March-June 1930. Full color front panel jacket art by J. Allen St. John. Bleiler, Everett and Richard: Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years #297.
BRIGANDS OF THE MOON.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., Publishers, 1931. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-386 [388-392: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], illustration by J. Allen St. John, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. An interplanetary novel first published as a four-part serial in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, March - June 1930. "This work and its sequel, WANDL THE INVADER (1932; book, 1961), are good examples of Cummings' better and worse pulp writing habits: heavy plotting, shallow writing, and pseudo-science are the dominant elements. This novel involves a space mutiny, valuable radium deposits, space battles, and space pirates, and inevitably a happy ending with a victorious hero." - Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-15. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-293. Bleiler, Everett and Richard Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years 297. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 224. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 62-3. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 54. Reginald 03688.
EXPLORERS INTO INFINITY.
New York: Avalon Books, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Originally appeared in Weird Tales magazine as two short serial novels in 1927 and 1928.
EXPLORERS INTO INFINITY.
New York: Avalon Books, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Originally appeared in Weird Tales magazine as two short serial novels in 1927 and 1928.
THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN ATOM.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. Octavo, original purple cloth, front and spine stamped in dark yellow. First U.S. edition. This is the secondary binding of the first edition. Text differs from the Metheun edition. This is the author's first book which prints his first published story and its' sequel. Anatomy of Wonder 2-22, Clareson: Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s #225.
THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-351 [352-358: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Travel by time machine to earth's far future. "The Man Who Mastered Time completes the trilogy of my tales of Matter, Space, and Time [The Girl in the Golden Atom and The Fire People dealing with the first two matters, respectively]." - Ray Cummings (from foreword to a later appearance in Famous Fantastic Mysteries). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-24. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 516. Clareson, Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 226.
THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-351 [352-358: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Travel by time machine to earth's far future. "The Man Who Mastered Time completes the trilogy of my tales of Matter, Space, and Time [The Girl in the Golden Atom and The Fire People dealing with the first two matters, respectively]." - Ray Cummings (from foreword to a later appearance in Famous Fantastic Mysteries). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-24. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 516. Clareson, Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 226.
THE PRINCESS OF THE ATOM.
London, New York: T.V. Boardman and Company Limited, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. First published as a serial in ARGOSY, 14 September - 19 October 1929, for book publication as a paperback in the U.S. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 535. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-28.
THE SHADOW GIRL.
London: Gerald G. Swan, [1946]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A time travel novel. Originally published in ARGOSY-ALL-STORY 22 June - 13 July 1929. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-29. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 534.
THE SHADOW GIRL.
London: Gerald G. Swan, [1946]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A time travel novel. Originally published in ARGOSY-ALL-STORY 22 June - 13 July 1929. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-29. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 534.
TARRANO THE CONQUEROR.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-345 [346-348: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original light orange cloth, front panel stamped in brown and blind, spine panel stamped in brown. First edition. "Interplanetary adventure, incorporating a character study of a complex Napoleonic leader of the future." – Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 526.
TARRANO THE CONQUEROR.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-345 [346-348: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original light orange cloth, front panel stamped in brown and blind, spine panel stamped in brown. First edition. "Interplanetary adventure, incorporating a character study of a complex Napoleonic leader of the future." Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 526.
TARRANO, THE CONQUEROR in THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD FICTION SECTION.
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Record, March 1, 1931. Folio, pp. [1] 2-16, illustration, newsprint. Complete publlication of the novel in the fiction section of the Sunday edition of The Philadelphia Record in March of 1931. Illustration at the first page.