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Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-5] 6-492 [493-494: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], six inserted plates by A. Operti, original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The story of an American Jewish reformer and philanthropist who immigrates to the Middle East where he devotes his life to the rehabilitation and rejuvenation of Palestine. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 G-377. A clean, tight, very good copy. An uncommon Gratacap title. (#104989).

Octavo, pp. [3-9] 10-471 [472: blank] [473-474: ads], four inserted plates with illustrations by Joseph Cummings Chase, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Science fiction novel of a future dystopia. In the year 2000 the powerful religious city state of New York, center of world culture, stems the tide of radicalism. ".Corrupt upper classes and irreligious lower classes. Revolution. Religious revival." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 148. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 913. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 353. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06249. Spine panel a bit sunned, top edge of text block dusty, else a bright, very good copy with no soiling or wear to binding. (#110239).

Octavo, pp. [3-9] 10-471 [472: blank] [473-474: ads], four inserted plates with illustrations by Joseph Cummings Chase, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Science fiction novel of a future dystopia. In the year 2000 the powerful religious city state of New York, center of world culture, stems the tide of radicalism. ".Corrupt upper classes and irreligious lower classes. Revolution. Religious revival." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 148. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 913. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 353. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06249. Spine panel a bit sunned, top edge of text block foxed, minor foxing to frontispiece, else a bright, very good copy with no soiling or wear to binding. (#90472).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-391 [392: blank], 16 inserted plates with illustrations by Albert Operti, original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. North of Cape Barrow Arctic explorers discover Krocker Land, an Edenic valley inhabited by people of mixed Hebraic-Eskimo stock whose power is derived from a small stationary radium "sun." Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 914. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction, pp. 159-162. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 354. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06250. Stains on upper part of rear cover and lower corner of spine panel, else a fine, bright copy. (#75355).

First edition. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iii] iv [v-vi] 7 [8] 9-266, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial tan cloth, front panel stamped in black, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, top edge stained tan, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This issue has title leaf with Brentano's imprint tipped in on a stub. The Dodd papers comprise wireless messages from the Red Planet including detailed descriptions of Martian science and culture with utopian overtones. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-82. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 709. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 910. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 350. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 211-13. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 76. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Locke, Voyages in Space 87. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 129. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06246. Top page edges dusty, some overall soiling to the cloth, mostly spine and rear covers, paper label of spine rubbed and darkened, mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, a solid, very good copy with clean contens. (27583).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-274 [275-276: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. World War One is stopped by the divine intervention of God and "the spirits of the dead." Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s, 351. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06247. Gold lettering on spine panel quite tarnished, else a very good copy. An uncommon Gratacap title. (#20272).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-321 [322-324: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Catastrophe novel. Construction of the Panama canal causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Isthmus of Panama is submerged, the Gulf Stream is altered, and the British flee frigid England. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 912. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 352. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 95. Bleiler (1978), p. 85. Reginald 06248. Touch of age-darkening to spine panel, a very good copy. (#20273).