THE OSTRICH FOR THE DEFENCE. Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1912. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-324, three inserted plates with photographic illustrations, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black, white, gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Lost race adventure novel concerning the discovery of a cooperative eutopia in Africa ruled by a White queen. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 417. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 90. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 152. Not in Negley, Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-611. Old repair to inner front hinge, a very good, bright copy. An obscure, uncommon book. (#66871).
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