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. [Reference: 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]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light shelf wear to spine ends with a few tiny chips, a touch of wear to corners, some light rubbing along front panel/spine panel edge and mild fading to red ink of title lettering on spine panel. A much better than average copy of an uncommon title in dust jacket. (14034). Item #14034
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