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Lost Worlds
by Smith, Clark Ashton
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Black cloth. Some minor shelfwear, near fine in very good dust jacket illustrated with photos of Smith's sculpture by E. Burt Tr
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. First edition, one of 2043 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Some minor shelfwear, near fine in very good dust jacket illustrated with photos of Smith's sculpture by E. Burt Trimpey (unclipped, some rubbing to edges of front panel, spine panel with small scuffs at ends, yellowing at folds). First edition, one of 2043 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Classic collection of Smith's science fiction and fantasy, including tales of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Atlantis, and more. The companion to his 1942 Arkham House collection, Out of Space and Time.
Clark's story, "The Plutonian Drug", first published in Amazing Stories in 1934, is notable for employing the name "plutonium" for an imaginary drug from Pluto of startling effects, several years in advance of the discovery of the radioactive element that now bears the name.
Attractive copy of a cornerstone work. Currey 2002 p. 368; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion 7; Tymn, Horror Literature 4-202
Clark's story, "The Plutonian Drug", first published in Amazing Stories in 1934, is notable for employing the name "plutonium" for an imaginary drug from Pluto of startling effects, several years in advance of the discovery of the radioactive element that now bears the name.
Attractive copy of a cornerstone work. Currey 2002 p. 368; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion 7; Tymn, Horror Literature 4-202
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 242179
- Title
- Lost Worlds
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Black cloth. Some minor shelfwear, near fine in very good dust jacket illustrated with photos of Smith's sculpture by E. Burt Tr
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, one of 2043 copies printed
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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