STAMPEDE! New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1928. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-11 [12-14] 15-305 [306], illustrations by G. K. Chesterton (two full-page and one double-page spread on inserted leaves, others in text), title page printed in red and black, original brown cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in dark brown, top edge stained brown, other edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. Science fiction thriller and political satire centering on the consequences of the invention of a device that can record or transmit thought and a device that uses colored light to disable or kill, the latter turned into a weapon of mass destruction by a man who intends to subjugate mankind. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2037. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 197. Bleiler (1978), p. 179. Reginald 13068. Hubin (1994), p. 739. A fine copy in very good printed dust jacket with wear at edges and several abrasions to front panel. (#130473).
Price: $100.00
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