True first edition/printing 1939. Book in Near Fine (bookplate on FFE) condition and jacket (in a protector) is in Very Good condition).""In The Edge of Running Water, rather similarly, a widower's obsession with attempts at Communication with his deceased wife transforms him into a Mad Scientist, and eventually leads to his own death in an inter-dimensional vortex; local prejudice also exacts its toll. This novel was filmed as The Devil Commands (1941) directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Boris Karloff."" [JC/LW/DRL] Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Ed. Internet. Uncommon fantasy classic!