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Edward Elmer Smith with Mrs. Lee Hawkins Garby. The Skylark of Space. Providence, Rhode Island: Hadley Publishing Company, [1947]. Second edition. Signed on the title page by the publishers. Approximately 1000 copies printed. Octavo, cloth. Early owner's name stamped on the front free endpaper. Gold lettering on spine panel a bit dull, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with wear and shallow loss at edges and general dust soiling.

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Smith's first book, preceded by a pamphlet printing a convention speech. "The archetypal pulp space opera, first published in Amazing Stories in 1928." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-114. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2091-95. In 333.



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24th Thursday
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Sold on Dec 24, 2015 for: $112.50
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