THE MUCKER.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition, first printing of the full text. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. Total of 17,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably two, last dated 1922. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain, this is the first hardcover printing of the full text. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1]. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy in very good, bright four-color dust jacket (front panel reproducing a painting by J. Allen St. John) with shallow loss along upper and lower spine panel, closed tears with slight loss at upper and lower front flap fold, small closed tear to center of spine panel, moderate soiling to spine and rear panels. An attractive copy. (15274). Item #15274
Price: $6,500.00