Painter Thomas and Alexander Laing (3 results)

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 309. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. VG in dj (torn along the hinge, lacking 1/3 of the spine). Horror and Mystery novel of a runaway virus. Lynd Ward (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. vii, 309pp. Frontispiece and jacket illustration by Ward introduce this bioterror thriller. Bound in black cloth over boards stamped in white. Minimal bumping, else fine in near fine dust wrapper. Top edge yellow.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-309 [310-312: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Lynd Ward, original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. "Science fiction thriller revolving round a newly created plague bacterium against which there appears to be no antidote." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 171-72. "Persuasively authentic in its use of biological data, it is a well told story of the creation of artificial life in the form of a deadly virus, and of the dangers that beset the man who investigates the ensuing deaths." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 686. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 08539. Hubin (1994), p. 624. A bright, clean, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (designed by Lynd Ward) with mild wear at edges and small shallow chips from the upper spine end. A very attractive copy. (#171896). …