AN AERIAL RUNAWAY: THE BALLOON ADVENTURES OF ROD & TOD IN NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1901]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 7 [i.e. 5] [6-8] 9-387 [388: blank] [389-397: ads] [398: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by W. A. McCullough, original pictorial dark blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue, black, white and gold. First edition. Boys' adventure novel set in Venezuela which includes the discovery of a city peopled by the Antalcans, descendants of the Incas. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 162. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013), p. 253. Bleiler (1978), p. 43. Reginald 02960. Cloth worn at spine ends and corners, several scuffs and spots to cloth, hairline crack along inner front, a good reading copy. (#173411).
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