DR. SILEX. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1905. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-344 [345-352: ads], four inserted plates with illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo, original decorated tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, red and gold. First British edition. First published in the U.S. (in 1904) as THE PRINCESS THORA (as by "Harris Burland"). "Lost race adventure novel: a medieval country of giants of ancient European origin is found at the north pole." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 43 (citing the American edition). Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 303. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 103. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 144. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 525. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 131. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 06816A. Several small stains on rear panel, text block foxed, largely preliminary and terminal leaves, as well as frontispiece tissue guard (which is quite spotted), externally a very bright, quite pleasing copy of this book, which is much scarcer than the American edition, and very difficult to obtain in nice condition. (#75405).
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