CITY OF WONDER. London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d., [1922]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-287 [288: blank] + 40-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1922" inserted at rear, original light brown cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first printing, first binding. The author's first lost race novel. "After hearing a remarkable story, the hero and his two companions journey to discover a lost land in the South Pacific that is the last outpost of Lemurian descendants in the city of Kir-Asa. The city is guarded by gigantic apes under the command of women, who are also the rulers of the city." - Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013) 1247. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-353. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1637. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2264. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 219. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 200. Reginald 14695. Front panel of the pictorial dust jacket laid in. A touch of fading to spine panel, still a bright, nearly fine copy; remarkable condition for this book. Locke notes in Spectrum that the first printing of this book is "very rare." (#165308).
Price: $1,000.00
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