THE FLAMES: A FANTASY. London: Secker & Warburg, 1947. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-84, original red and black marbled boards with black cloth shelf back, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The narrator, after tossing a piece of igneous rock into his fireplace one night, finds he has liberated a fire elemental (a salamander), who proceeds to engage him in conversation on matters of great import. Presented as a long letter from a friend in an insane asylum. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1517. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13552. Satty and Smith A18.1.1. Boards rubbed along top and bottom edges, lower front corner tip worn, a good copy in about good dust jacket with wear, fraying, short tears, small chips at upper and lower edges. (#118924).
Price: $25.00
"First published 1947" on copyright page.