DROWSY. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1917]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [vii-xii] 1-301 [302-306: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], nineteen inserted plates with illustrations, one in color, by Angus Macdonall and the author, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first printing. An interplanetary novel wherein a spacecraft powered by an antigravity device carries its inventor to the moon and later to Mars. Mitchell's last book. Many of the illustrations, which anticipate Bonestell, are quite striking. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-111. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1524. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 571. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 158. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 141. Reginald 10182. BAL 14049. Slight spine lean, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#161600).
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