THE REVOLT OF THE BIRDS. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-143 [144] [145: blank] [146: ads], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first printing with code "(1)" on page [144]. Horror story set in the China Sea concerning an island that is swarming with insects because the birds have been frightened away. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 630. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11826. Gold stamping tarnished (as is usually the case), else a fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket with several closed tears and associated wrinkles at bottom edge of the front panel. (#107060).
Price: $100.00
First printing with code "(1)" on page [144].