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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1923. First edition. A fine copy in very good three-color dust jacket (front panel reproducing an illustration by J. Allen St. John) backed with non-acidic rice paper, with professional restoration, including several patch-ins with skillful coloring to blend in with the rest of the mostly original jacket. Presents very well overall. (15765). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-333 [334-335: ads] [336: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original olive cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. Two issues (printings?) noted, priority, if any, unknown; sheets of this copy bulk 25 mm. 25,000 copies printed (probable multiple printings). [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 324. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02321. Heins GL-1. Zeuschner 582].