CHRISTOPHER, EDGAR EARL (3 résultats)

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 350 Language: English Pages: 350.

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-329 [330-332: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], four inserted plates with illustrations by Winfield S. Luken, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in green, white and gold, spine panel stamped in green and gold. First edition. The correct first printing with 1902 copyright date and title page dated 1903 (a later printing lacks the date on the title page). A lively old-time thriller. A secret society, The Invisible Hand, plans to overthrow Czarist Russia. The scientist-members of this terrorist organization, numbering some two thousand men, have invented explosives of fantastic power, built a submarine and created artificial diamonds, which they store in their headquarters, a seemingly endless series of caves near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Unfortunately, a French detective, who has devoted much of his career to tracking down the terrorists, and his companion find a way into the cave system and begin looting the society's treasure. The intruders are killed, but an explosion of natural gas kills all the members of the society's council except Jean Valdemere, its leader. The submarine is destroyed and the treasure is lost, but Valdemere, a man with paranormal abilities, vows to rebuild the organization. "Plots and conspiracies, with influence from the dime novel and Victor Hugo . Of no literary merit, but a curious example of subculture fiction trying to move up." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 419. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 163. Bleiler (1978), p. 43. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 165. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 C-402. Neat early owner's signature on front and rear paste-downs. Several faint, tiny stains on front cover and a touch of wear at lower spine end, else a bright, fine copy. (#79577).

Hard Cover. First Edition. (Akron [Ohio], New York, Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Company 1903). First US Edition. Publisher's original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in green, white and gold, spine panel stamped in green and gold. First edition. The correct first printing with 1902 copyright date and title page dated 1903. Red spine mildly faded (not affecting the gilt lettering) else VG+ with the first edition points on the front and rear of the title page (as called for). No D/W. Photographs/scans available upon request.