Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-84, original red and black marbled boards with black cloth shelf back, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The narrator, after tossing a piece of igneous rock into his fireplace one night, finds he has liberated a fire elemental (a salamander), who proceeds to engage him in conversation on matters of great import. Presented as a long letter from a friend in an insane asylum. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1517. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13552. Satty and Smith A18.1.1. A fine copy in very good dust jacket priced 6s. net on front flap with small chip at upper edge of front panel and sunned spine panel. (#173852). Seller Inventory # 173852

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Title: THE FLAMES: A FANTASY .

Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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