ROBOTS HAVE NO TAILS.
New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Moore on the title page. A collection of five linked stories featuring Gallegher, an alcoholic inventor, first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION in the 1940s. "Amusing adventures of Gallegher, who is capable of inventing fantastic devices only when he is drunk. He has a robot sidekick. All very silly, but they were regarded as among the best humorous SF of their day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 309. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-245]. Upper corner bruised, lower board edges a bit rubbed, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear and tiny tears at spine ends and corner tips, small chip at upper left corner of head of spine and some darkening to spine panel. (31963). Item #31963
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