Green Machine by Ridley (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First edition. First edition, fair only. Spine cloth torn at front joint, leave spine nearly flapping. Internally very good, reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First edition. First edition, but reading copy only. Black cloth torn at joints, leaving spine cloth nearly loose. Internally very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Early planetary fantasy, a near fine copy.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-255 [256: blank], original red boards, spine panel stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition, variant (perhaps later) binding. Mr. Jinks journeys via a comet to Mars which is inhabited by numerous monstrous creatures and a highly civilized race of human-sized ants. "An odd novel, obviously written by an intelligent man who had very little scientific background. It is original in idea, yet amateurish in presentation, at times edging into eccentricity . A highly individual book in some ways, with a fairy tale approach, despite echoes of H. G. Wells, E. R. Burroughs, Verne, and the American pulps, but annoying in its bland approach to matters scientific. The author lacks the literary skills to make the horrors of Mars come alive, but it is to his credit that he did not fall back on Dejah Thoris." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1874. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-905. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 143. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 183. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 975. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 180. Bleiler (1978), p. 167. Reginald 12241. Boards rubbed at extremities, mainly spine ends and corner tips, spine panel just a bit darkened, a good, tight copy. A better than average copy of a scarce book generally found in ratty condition. (#165849).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Green Machine by F.A. Ridley (First Edition) Scarce A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Slight bowing to front panel. Foxing to bottom edge of text block. Owner's name to front free endpaper. Not price-clipped. 7s. 6d net. A bright pictorial jacket. Soiling and spots to spine. Moderate wear to edges. In clear protective cover. First published in 1926, stated. Original red cloth with black stamped lettering to spine. Bottom edges untrimmed. 255 pages. Author's name misspelled on title page (F.H. Ridley). Looking like a bicycle, "The Green Machine. sends its protagonist to tour a crowded Solar System accompanied by a Marian and bent on colonizing Earth", The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 1984, p. 1009. BOOK. …