TROS OF SAMOTHRACE.
New York, London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1934. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] 1-949 [950: blank], original pictorial yellow cloth, front panel stamped in black and red, spine panel stamped in black, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed, yellow endpapers. First edition, first printing with "(1)" on page 949. The first Tros novel, an epic adventure novel in which Tros frustrates Caesar's plan to conquer Britain. "Perhaps his most lasting contribution to the genre is his series of historical fantasies about Tros of Samothrace and his exploits at the time of Caesar." - Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 136. [Reference: Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 591. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1975-78. In 333. Bleiler (1948), p. 206. Reginald 10524. Grant, p. 210]. Small tear 10 mm tear to cloth at head of spine, otherwise a fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket with $3.00 printed price on front flap and rear panel headed "What the Reviewers Are Saying of / Tros of Samothrace." Several small chips at the extremities have been professionally patched as well as a closed tear at the head of the spine panel. An attractive copy, uncommon in nice condition. (28859). Item #28859
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