First edition, first impression. The Goldstone copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown. The work includes four stories: "The Maracot Deep", a short science fiction novel telling of the discovery of the ruins of Atlantis, together with some survivors, on the ocean bed, "The Disintegration Machine" and "When the World Screamed", two Professor Challenger science fiction stories, and "The Story of Spedegue's Dropper", a tall cricket story (Locke). Bleiler, Supernatural, 560; Green and Gibson A47a; Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, I p. 71. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to front board and spine gilt. With dust jacket. An excellent copy in the rubbed and frayed dust jacket rather faded at the spine and with a couple of pieces of internal repair.

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Title: The Maracot Deep and other stories.
Publisher: London: John Murray, 1929
Edition: 1st Edition

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