PLANETOID 127 AND THE SWEIZER PUMP. London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., n.d. [1929]. Small octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-252 [253: ad] [254-256: blank] [note: first and last leaves used as front and rear paste-downs], original maroon boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first printing without the later "editor's note" stating that Wallace died 10 February 1932 "as we go to press with this edition." "'Planetoid 127' is a short novel of communication by radio with another world on the other side of the sun in earth's orbit." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 221. "A weak work, but a rarity." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2284. "The Sweizer Pump" is a crime story. Bleiler (1978), p. 202. Reginald 14796. Hubin (1994), p. 834. Boards lightly rubbed at edges, pulpy paper stock tanned, a very good copy. The correct first printing of this book is scarce. (#165583).
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