THE AVENGING RAY by Seamark [pseudonym]
first edition
1930 · London
by Small, Austin J., writing as "Seamark.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-314 [315-320: ads], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition, first printing. Science fiction thriller about a scientist who intends to destroy the world with a disintegration ray. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 700. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 191. Bleiler (1978), p. 181. Reginald 13296. Slight spine lean, a tight, clean, very good copy. (#95687) (Inventory #: 95687)