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"... AND SOME WERE HUMAN" -- A DOZEN ...

Del Rey, Lester.

Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first issue with hand-lettered title page dated 1948. The author's first science fiction book collecting twelve stories which includes the "Nerves" and "Helen O'Loy." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-138. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-306. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 512]. Name in ink to upper front free end paper, damp stain along lower right front edge, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, light wear to spine ends with shallow loss, mild fade to spine panel and a 13 mm closed tear to the upper front panel. (27557). Item #27557

Price: $35.00