PHYSICIANS' FARE.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9 [10-12] 13-301 [302] [303-304: blank], original gray cloth, spine stamped in red. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories, some crime and several science fantasy, most with a medical flavor, "humorous, pathetic, macabre -- as seen from the doctor's point of view, slices of life, flights of imagination, a murder or two, a mystery or two ... all have the sting in the tail." - publisher's blurb. [Reference: Bleiler (1978), p. 120. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 135. Hubin, p. 489]. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to upper corner tips, 15 mm closed tear with creases to upper right front panel, wear with chip and closed tear along upper spine panel, closed tear and some dust soiling to rear panel. (30512). Item #30512
Price: $150.00