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THE MOON POOL
by Merritt, A[braham]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Darkening to end papers, page edges dusty, upper corner tips a bit bumped, light wear to spine ends and corner tips, spine light
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition, first printing. Darkening to end papers, page edges dusty, upper corner tips a bit bumped, light wear to spine ends and corner tips, spine lightly faded, a very good copy in a poor later printing dust jacket with tape repairs, heavy chipping and separations. A facsimile jacket is also present. (24564). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii [ix-x] 1-433 [434: blank] [435-438: ads] [439-440: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Joseph Clement Coll, original maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Merritt's first book. Fix-up novel fusing classic novelette, "The Moon Pool" (All-Story Weekly, 22 July 1918) and its inferior sequel "The Conquest of the Moon Pool" (All-Story Weekly, 15 February-22 March 1919). "Fine imagination, fast motion, ridiculous characterizations, pretentious style, but still one of the historically important works of early American pulp science-fiction and fantasy." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1156. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-69; (1987) 2-77; (1995) 2-87; and (2004) II-762. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-245. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1481. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 557. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 155. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 745. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1060-64. Survey of Science Fiction Literature, III, pp. 1449-52. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 138. Reginald 10066.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24564
- Title
- THE MOON POOL
- Author
- Merritt, A[braham]
- Book Condition
- Used - Darkening to end papers, page edges dusty, upper corner tips a bit bumped, light wear to spine ends and corner tips, spine light
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Fantasy
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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