THE BLACK HAND.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v [vi] 1-339 [340-343: ads] [344: printers imprint] + 16 page publishers catalog inserted, original green cloth, front stamped in gold with inlaid illustration affixed, spine stamped in gold. First U.K. edition. The U.K. edition of the first Craig Kennedy book, published in the U.S. as THE SILENT BULLET. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-140. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 644. Bleiler (1948), p. 232. Reginald 12104. Hubin (1994), p. 672. Queen's Quorum 49. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone]. Inked name to front free end paper, end papers darkened, foxing to early and late leaves, spine darkened and gold to lettering mostly perished, mild rubbing to edges of cloth, a very good copy. (30915). Item #30915
Price: $450.00