ATLANTIS: THE BOOK OF THE ANGELS. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim., 1900. Large octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-461 [462-464: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations by the author, original decorated red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind. spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel ruled in blind, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition, first binding. An incredibly decadent, fin-de-siècle vision of Atlantis and its fate. "The most vivid and compelling of Atlantis tales. Scenes of Fellini-esque debauchery. Priestess with yellow eyes and ruby chips embedded in her teeth. Giant flightless birds. Attack of huge crabs. Repulsive beings with stripes. Evil and debased hermaphrodite king. This is among the most imaginative books ever published." - Teitler, catalogue 63. Eichner, Atlantean Chronicles, p. 141. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 40. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 102. Teitler and Locke (2013) 160. Bleiler (1978), p. 138. Reginald 10084. A fine, bright, partially unopened copy. Exceedingly scarce in this condition. (#157147).
Price: $850.00
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