BEYOND THE PALAEOCRYSTIC SEA OR THE LEGEND OF HALFJORD. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1895. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-264 [265: printer's imprint] [266-268: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], title page printed in orange and black, original green cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. A lost polar explorer discovers a walled city in the Arctic region inhabited by a white race of probable Scandinavian descent who believe him to be the reincarnation of Halfjord, their legendary king. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1567. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 587. Bleiler (1978), p. 144. Reginald 10441. Wright (III) 3857. Binding slightly leaned, a bright, nearly fine copy. Scarce. (#95480).

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