Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-288, original blue cloth, front panel lettered in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel lettered and ruled in gold. First edition. Cross-dressing techno-thriller, set in the near future in Tasmania, India and elsewhere, about the discovery of Kilburnite and the perfection of the Munro Storage Battery, a battery about the size of a suitcase which can propel an electrically driven aircraft ten thousand miles without recharging. The inventor's nephew is given the task of keeping the prototype and the formula out of the hands of foreign criminals and delivering it to British authorities in England, which he does mostly disguised as a woman. An entertaining read. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 90. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 321. Patchy fading to cloth, gold lettering on spine panel tarnished, a good copy. A very scarce book. COPAC reports 4 copies; OCLC adds one more (UCLA). (#171518). Seller Inventory # 171518

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Title: HAMISH MUNRO'S EXPERIMENT: A THRILLING ...

Publisher: Arthur H. Stockwell, London

Publication Date: 1935

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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