FLOATING FANCIES AMONG THE WEIRD AND THE OCCULT. London, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, Publisher, [1898]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-248 [249-256: ads], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red and silver. First edition. Author's name misprinted as "Howard" on the spine panel. A collection of eleven stories including science fiction, horror and mystery. Includes "Nordhung Nordjansen," a fantasy of a Symmes-style hollow earth inhabited by spirits. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 840. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1117. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 115. Bleiler (1978), p. 102. Reginald 07359. Hubin (1994), p. 409. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#158681).
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