Book Details
Abdullah, Achmed.
STEEL AND JADE.
New York:
George H. Doran Company,
[1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-319 [320: blank], original yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown.
First edition.
Collection of a dozen short stories, some with fantastic elements. Oriental adventure stories of the kind he wrote for the pulps. The author was born in Russia but moved to England and changed his name to suit the kind of material he wished to write. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-1. Tuck, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968 (1974), p. 1. Bleiler (1948), p. 17. Not in Bleiler (1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). cloth a bit dust soiled, spine panel darkened, small triangular piece of front free endpaper clipped from upper right corner, a very good copy. (#115859)
Price: $65.00
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