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Edité par Polaris Press, Reading, Pa., 1952
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed of which this is one of 1490 numbered clothbound copies. The first of the two Polaris Press books. Introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Fantasy (in the style of A. Merritt who was once credited with this pseudonym) set in 2118 in Philadelphia where city government has evolved into a religious tyranny. Reprinted from a 1919 Street & Smith pulp, THE THRILL BOOK, this novel is considered to be the first work of fantasy to envisage the parallel time concept. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1085. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 163. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 718-19. Spine panel sunned, a very good copy in rubbed and spotted paper slipcase. (#159176).
Edité par Apex, N. p. [France], 2003
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 500 copies printed. Apex, number 13. First book publication of this short novel, which originally appeared in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 14 April 1917. A fine copy. (#139551).
Edité par Polaris Press, Reading, Pa., 1952
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed of which this is one of 1490 clothbound copies, this copy is not numbered. The first of the two Polaris Press books. Introduction by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach. Fantasy (in the style of A. Merritt who was once credited with this pseudonym) set in 2118 in Philadelphia where city government has evolved into a religious tyranny. Reprinted from a 1919 Street & Smith pulp, THE THRILL BOOK, this novel is considered to be the first work of fantasy to envisage the parallel time concept. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1085. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 163. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 718-19. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (supplied on some copies) and paper slipcase. (#160032).
Edité par Apex, N. p. [France], 2003
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, four volumes, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Each volume limited to 500 numbered copies. SUNFIRE (1996), a short novel, was first published as a two-part serial in WEIRD TALES, July - August and September - October 1923. SERAPION (2003), a short novel, first appeared in THE ARGOSY, June 19 - July 10, 1920. THE NIGHTMARE (2003), a short novel, originally appeared in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 14 April 1917. THE ELF TRAP (2003) collects five stories first published in pulp magazines in the early part of the twentieth century. Includes a brief introduction and checklist of Stevens' fiction by Kevin L. Cook. A fine set. (#162139).