J.C. Snaith — Thus Far

New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of the first US edition of John Snaith's science fiction novel about the creation of an amoral ubermensch. The second impression of the first US edition, with publisher's code '(2)' to the tail of page 306. Published in the same year as the first edition. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Snaith's novel depicts the creation of a powerful, amoral and telepathic superhuman, through experimentation with rays, chemicals, and 'glandular extracts from a missing link&apos.Bleiler describes the work as a 'murder mystery against a background of biological experimentation' in 'Science-Fiction: The Early Years&apos.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Paper residue to front pastedown. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip and wraps. Tape repairs to back strip head and tail, and head and tail of fold of front wrap. Six instances of tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.