WILLMOTH, THE WANDERER; OR, THE MAN FROM SATURN. New York: J. S. Ogilvie, Publisher, 57 Rose Street, n.d. [1891]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-207 [208: blank], rebound without the original wrappers. Second edition. Issued in 1891 in paper for 25¢ as number 47 of Ogilvie's "Peerless Series." This edition, copyright 1891 by Ogilvie, may have a slightly revised text. The prequel to THE STONE GIANT: A STORY OF THE MAMMOTH CAVE (1898). "A panoramic science fantasy extravaganza" (Teitler and Locke). "... one of the significant eccentric novels" (Bleiler). Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 43. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 543. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 231. Locke, Voyages in Space (2011) V 212. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 188. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 84. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013) 323. Bleiler (1978), p. 55. Reginald 03745. Wright (III) 1370. Pulpy text paper is tanned and brittle, the title leaf and last leaf of text are mounted on stiff paper. The book has been rebound without the wrappers in red cloth, a poor copy -- but it can be read if carefully handled. A legendary rarity. (#165325).
Price: $500.00
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