MENACE FROM THE MOON

London: Jarrolds Publishers Limited, 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-14] 15-305 [306] [307-315: ads] [316: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. First edition. "... blends interplanetary, lost world and future war themes -- descendants of a moon colony established by 17th century Europeans attack the Earth with heat-rays" - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 743. "World peril, partly in the mode of a house party mystery story, partly in the manner of the early H. G. Wells ... Ingenious, literate, but somewhat clumsily handled." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1381. "... considered by some to be quite notable." - Tuck, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, p. 286. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 52. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 237. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 145. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09354. Some offsetting to endpapers, top edge dusty, slightly bumped at spine ends, else a fine copy. (#127091) (Inventory #: 127091)