EGBERT, H M PSEUDONYM OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU EMANUEL (4 résultats)

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-286 [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], pictorial title page, original decorated orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. "Adventure novel with lost race elements: Baal worshippers in a ruined city in Africa. A touch on the marginal side." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 663. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12506. A clean, attractive copy. Uncommon in nice condition. (#161236).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank], original decorated sea-green cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition, first printing. Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug, a variant of Cannabis, projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society, and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly, Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12503. Two tape ghosts on each free endpaper, else a fine copy. A very nice copy of an uncommon book. (#90381).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank], original decorated sea-green cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition, first printing. A presentation copy with signed inscription on the half title page by Emanuel: "To Forrest Ackerman with much /regard from the author / Victor Rousseau Emanuel / (alias H. M. Egbert)." Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug, a variant of Cannabis, projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society, and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly, Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12503. Cloth minutely rubbed at spine ends, else a fine copy. A sharp copy of an uncommon book. Books signed or inscribed by Victor Rousseau Emanuel are rare. (#161235).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Winter - 1924" inserted at rear, original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The author's first science fiction novel, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY during January 1916 under his better known pen name "Victor Rousseau." A sea dwelling humanoid race invades England when its ocean food supply is exhausted. ". a very small edition . Today, it is virtually impossible to obtain." - Sam Moskowitz. ". one of the most interesting [of his fantasies], dealing as it does with an invasion of mankind by underwater creatures . regarded as the most difficult to find, an opinion with which I concur." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-143. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 651. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 664. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, pp. 1031-32. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12507. Synopsis of story clipped from the publisher's catalogue affixed to front free endpaper. Lacks two pages (3-6) of the publisher's catalogue, else a nearly fine copy. A very scarce book. (#170616).