THE DUMB GODS SPEAK
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-ix [x] [1-3] 4-304 [305-309: list of Oppenheim's books] [310: blank], jacket art by Bip Pares, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in blueish green. First edition. Spy thriller with science fiction elements. The Philippines have been granted independence by the United States and Japan attempts to invade, a super science device disables the entire Japanese fleet. This is where the story begins. The story includes advanced television devices and a sort of EMP weaponry. An international spy organization wishes to turn Russia and China into constitutional monarchies in the hope of avoiding a world war. [Reference: Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 72. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War (1992), p. 241. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 170. Bleiler (1978), p. 151. Reginald 11011]. Corner tips a bit soft, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with edge wear, closed tears, chips and creases to upper front panel, loss at head of spine panel affecting "THE" of the title lettering, small chips and loss to upper left rear corner and a closed tear to upper rear panel. (30517). Item #30517
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