A ROYAL ENCHANTRESS: THE ROMANCE OF THE LAST QUEEN OF THE BERBERS. New York: Continental Publishing Co., 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-350 [351-354: ads] [note: plates are counted in publisher's pagination], twelve inserted plates with illustrations by B. Martin Justice, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial gray cloth, front panel stamped in black and white, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Pseudo-historical fantasy set in seventh century North Africa recounting the defeat of Cahina, the prophetess-queen of the Berbers, by the armies of Islam during a religious war. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 247. Bleiler (1948), p. 98. Reginald 04255. Wright (III) 1516. Bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, a sound, good copy. (#161419).
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