Battle on Mercury

E-281: John C. Winston Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover 8vo. Published by John C. Winston, Philadelphia, PA. 1953. 207 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Kenneth Fagg designed DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is chipped and worn with a piece missing from the front panel of the DJ). Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. When sun storms periodically swept Mercury with waves of solar fire, radiation and electricity, it was usual for the authorities to order evacuation of the small mining communities on the side of the planet that faced the Sun. But as time for the most violent solar eruption known to earthlings approached, no rescue rocket ship appeared outside the Sigma dome that housed Dick Rogers and his family. Around one of the universe's most awesome events — sun spots — Lester del Rey has written a tale of rugged courage and heroism in the face of impending doom. Young Dick Rogers wasn't too well liked by the townspeople. He insisted on keeping an erratic "wispy" — the strange form of Mercury life that took the shape of an electrically charged ball of flame — as a friend. And though Dick's favorite "wispy," Johnny Quicksilver, could usually be trusted, the mining engineers were never sure whether it was he who periodically blew out fuses and upset delicate electrical circuits. EB; 207 pages .