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THE METAL MONSTER.

Merritt, A[braham].

New York: Avon Book Company, [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Murder Mystery Monthly 41. Alien life is encountered in a hidden land that lives in hollow metal forms which is a hive-like group force that forms and re-forms as different size objects. This story has multiple pulp appearances, each one being revised. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-68; (1987) 2-76; and (1995) 2-86. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1164. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1482. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 556. Nick and closed tear to upper spine, touch of rubbing to extremities, a nearly fine copy. (25062). Item #25062

Price: $25.00