Theodore Tinsley Shadow (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, Feb. 2016. Pulp-sized paperback. Cover art by George Rozen. With illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban. Includes "The Case of the Mechanical Monster" by Max Ehrlich; & "Iron Munro, the Astounding Mab" (comic) by Theodore Sturgeon & Jack Farr. Corner bumps; slight wear. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine sunned, corners very slightly bruised, slight lean. Not price clipped (£6.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 414pp. A saga of the Carlyon family, founders of Murranji Station in the Australian Outback. A sweeping novel of both the benefits and the harmful effects of the encroaching civilization they helped to establish in the wilderness. The pen name 'Maxwell Grant' was a pseudonym used by the authors of 'The Shadow' pulp magazine stories and for the novels they also wrote on the Australian outback. Street & Smith the publishers, asked Walter B. Gibson, a writer hired to chronicle the Shadow's adventures, to create a pen name for the Shadow's author for several reasons, primarily so that numerous authors could be used to write the stories without confusing the readers. Gibson, who was also a nonfiction writer, wanted to use a pen name for his fiction. He adopted the pen name Maxwell Grant, taking the name from two magic dealers he knew, Maxwell Holden and U.F. Grant. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Neville Dear (illustrator).…