THE MOTIVES OF NICHOLAS HOLTZ: BEING THE WEIRD TALE OF THE IRONVILLE VIRUS. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated Publishers, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-309 [310-312: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Lynd Ward, original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. "Science fiction thriller revolving round a newly created plague bacterium against which there appears to be no antidote." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 171-72. "Persuasively authentic in its use of biological data, it is a well told story of the creation of artificial life in the form of a deadly virus, and of the dangers that beset the man who investigates the ensuing deaths." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 686. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 08539. Hubin (1994), p. 624. A bright, clean, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (designed by Lynd Ward) with mild wear at edges and small shallow chips from the upper spine end. A very attractive copy. (#171896).
Price: $350.00
First printing has "F&R" monogram on copyright page.