THE MARACOT DEEP AND OTHER STORIES. London: John Murray, [1929]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-310 [311-320: ads], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 7970 copies printed. Collects the title novella, "The Story of Spedegues's Dropper," and two Professor Challenger stories, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-68; (1981) 2-24; (1987) 2-28; and (1995) 2-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 618. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 265. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 71. Bleiler (1978), p. 63. Reginald 04498. Green and Gibson A47a. Hint of fading to spine panel, else a fine copy. (#75139).
Price: $250.00
"First Edition . . . 1929" on copyright page.