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CURSED.
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company Publishers, [1919]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-349 [350-352: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with color illustration by Modest Stein, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A curse is laid upon a sea captain by a Malayan witch with near tragic consequences for his family. Bleiler (1948), p. 109. Reginald 04903. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-193.
DARKNESS AND DAWN.
Boston: Small and Maynard, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-672 [673-676: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], four inserted plates (including color frontispiece) by P. J. Monahan, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, pictorial endpapers. First edition. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-33. Clareson: Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s, #238. Bleiler: Science Fiction: The Early Years, #673.
DARKNESS AND DAWN.
Boston: Small and Maynard, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-672 [673-676: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], four inserted plates (including color frontispiece) by P. J. Monahan, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, pictorial endpapers. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by England on the verso of the frontispiece: "A ma Bonne Amie / Madamoiselle Carney / avec mes meilleurs / voeux / George Allen England / 22 fevrier, 1914." An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-73; (1981) 1-67; (1987) 1-33 and (1995) 1-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 58-9. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954, p. 294.
DARKNESS AND DAWN.
Boston: Small and Maynard, 1914. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-672 [673-676: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], four inserted plates (including color frontispiece) by P. J. Monahan, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, pictorial endpapers. Later printing. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-73; (1981) 1-67; (1987) 1-33 and (1995) 1-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 58-9. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954, p. 294.
THE FLYING LEGION ...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-394, inserted frontispiece with illustration by P. J. Monahan, original blue-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Adventure story first published as a six-part serial in ALL-STORY 15 November - 20 December 1919. A wealthy soldier of fortune and Islamist, whose inventions far surpass world technology of his day, forms the Legion in an unsuccessful attempt to reform Islam, which he believes to be the true religion. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-74 and (1981) 1-68. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 679. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 177-79. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 284. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 79. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 69. Reginald 04905. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-195.
THE FLYING LEGION ...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-394, inserted frontispiece with illustration by P. J. Monahan, original blue-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Adventure story first published as a six-part serial in ALL-STORY 15 November - 20 December 1919. A wealthy soldier of fortune and Islamist, whose inventions far surpass world technology of his day, forms the Legion in an unsuccessful attempt to reform Islam, which he believes to be the true religion. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-74 and (1981) 1-68. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 679. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 177-79. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 284. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 79. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 69. Reginald 04905. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-195.