Ray Cummings — Brigands of the Moon

Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting space opera by Ray Cummings, a nice association copy with the bookplate of Donald Allen Wollheim. The first edition of this work.'Brigands of the Moon' follows the adventurous Greg Haljean, an exciting space-opera novel in which space pirates and humans try to defeat alien monsters.This novel was followed by a sequel titled 'Wandl, the Invader&apos.By Ray Cummings, a popular American sci-fi author, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sci-fi.Bookplate of the fellow American sci-fi author Donald Allen Wollheim to the recto of the front endpaper. Wollheim was a founding member of the Futurians, and held an influential figure in the development and fandom culture of sci-fi in the twentieth century. A lovely association. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .