USELESS HANDS.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, [1926]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1-2] 3-300 [301-312: blank] [note: last six leaves are blanks], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition in English. Translation of LES CONDAMNES A MORT (1920). A dark novel of the future involving automation and the working class, when the workers go on strike they are eliminated by a death ray. "...far superior to the similar Metropolis by Thea von Harbou". Bleiler: Science Fiction: The Early Years, #701. A near fine copy, previous owner's blindstamp to front free end paper with some fade to edges of end papers, lower front corner shows a little wear, in a very good wrap around dust jacket which has chipping and loss to spine ends, some loss to folds. An attractive copy. Not common in the jacket. (11925). Item #11925
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