Cox, Erle [Harold]. OUT OF THE SILENCE. New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc. Publishers, [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-310 [311-312: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver, top edge stained black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First U.S. edition. Lost race novel, first published in Australia as a book in 1925 (it was originally serialized in Melbourne's ARGUS in 1919). 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 (1976) 3-14 and (1995) 2-27. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 201. Blackford, et al., Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, p. 224. Larnach, Materials Towards a Checklist of Australian Fantasy to 1937 (1950), p. 10. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 51. Reginald 03503. Touch of wear to cloth at head and tail of spine panel, some narrow old glue stains along top edges of front and rear endpapers, a bright, very good copy. A superior copy of a scarce book seldom found in nice condition. (#90278)