Cox, Erle [Harold]. OUT OF THE SILENCE. Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. Second Australian edition. Lost race novel, first published in Australia as a book in 1925 (it was originally serialized in Melbourne's ARGUS in 1919). This edition adds a new chapter not included in the first edition or the American edition published in 1928 by Rae D. Henkle. A member of an ancient and highly advanced civilization is discovered in Australia in a state of suspended animation and restored to consciousness. "Derivative in idea from H. Rider Haggard's WHEN THE WORLD SHOOK, but highly original in presentation ... A classic ..." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 491. "One of the finest science fiction novels to emerge from Australia ..." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 60. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-27. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 201. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 51. Reginald 03503. Scratch to cloth on spine panel, a very good plus copy in very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear, chip from lower right front corner, and chip from lower spine end. (#126920)