Philadelphia: Prime Press, 1948. dj. Hardcover first edition - A post-catastrophe novel. "Beginning in 3010 AD when the brief flame of atomic energy has flickered and gone out, this tells of the life amid the ruins that remain of New York, a brutal, savage life.... " The first book publication, in an edition of of only 3,000 copies, of this work originally serialized in Argosy Weekly in 1920. Dustjacket art and interior line drawings by Robert Tschirky. In the first issue binding of red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 229 pp.