MORTMAIN. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix [x] 1-314 [315-316: blank] [317-318: ads], eight inserted plates with illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg and others, original blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in black and white, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page 314. The author's third book and second short story collection. Collects mystery and fantasy tales including the title story in which a dead man's hand grafted onto the wrist of Sir Richard Mortmain gives him the fingerprints of a murderer. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2198. Bleiler (1978), p. 195. Reginald 14209. Hubin (1994), p. 804. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 T-356. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, spine panel just a bit darkened, a tight, clean, very good copy. (#95987).
Price: $85.00
"Published October, 1907" on copyright page. First printing has code "(1)" at base of text on page 314.