HELLFLOWER

by George Smith

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

New York: Abelard Press, 1953 . Octavo, cloth. First edition. Although set in the future on Venus, the tone of the novel is hard-boiled noir, complete with a lurid plot element: a surefire aphrodisiac derived from a flower grown on that planet. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of asphaltic residue from old dust jacket protector at bottom edge of front panel and top and bottom edges of rear panel. Still, a bright,

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