Item #11263 DAWN OF FLAME AND OTHER STORIES. Stanley G. Weinbaum.

DAWN OF FLAME AND OTHER STORIES.

[Jamaica, N.Y. Printed by Rupert Printing Service, 1936.]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-313 [314-315: blank] [316: colophon], inserted frontispiece (photographic portrait of Weinbaum), original black fabrikoid, front panel stamped in gold, all edges stained red. First edition. The author's posthumous first book. This memorial volume collecting seven short stories and novelettes by Weinbaum, including the first book appearance of his classic "A Martian Odyssey," was prepared by the Milwaukee Fictioneers, an informal fan group of which Weinbaum was a member. 500 copies were printed, but only 250 were bound. Five of the bound copies have an introduction by Raymond A. Palmer, the remainder (including this one) have one by Lawrence Keating. A fine copy, some fade to red stain at top and fore edges, no dust jacket as issued. (11263). Item #11263

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