The Romance of Golden Star (Lost Race & Adult Fantasy Fiction) by Griffith, George ( George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones)

Echo Library, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

THE ROMANCE OF GOLDEN STAR, F.V. White, 1897, first edition., f.e.p. gone, else a good to very good copy in pictorial cloth of this tale of two revived Incas from suspended animation who try to restore the Indian nation to prominence in South America.

London: F.V. White, 1897, 1897 Decorated Green Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 300 pages including ads. Corner clipped from front free endpaper, otherwise a rather nice copy of a handsome book.. Illus. by Six plates by Alfred Pearse. 8vo. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: F. V. White & Co., 1897. First edition. Hinges cracked, W. H. Smith embossed stamp to upper front free end paper, 5 mm tear to cloth at upper front panel, light wear to spine ends and rubbing to spine edges, corner tips soft, a very good copy. (25481). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-284 [285]-300: ads, six inserted plates with illustrations by Alfred Pearse, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in yellow, white and black, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, top edge rough-trimmed fore and bottom edges untrimmed. A pair of Incas, held in suspended animation for hundreds of years, are revived scientifically; they mount a successful campaign to restore South America to Indian rule. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 933. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 98. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 50. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 67-8. Bleiler (1978), p. 87. Reginald 06384. Wolff 2798.

London: F. V. White & Co. Very Good+. 1897. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. George Griffith was a prolific Science fiction writer (mostly future war stories) who enjoyed much popularity in the late nineteenth century before eventually being overtaken by H. G. Wells. The story of a pair of Incas, revived from hundreds of years of suspended animation. They eventually mount a successful campaign to restore South America to Indian rule. VG+ copy, bright board, slight lean. Back and front hinge starting. Internally clean. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: F. V. White & Co., 1897. First edition. A little foxing to end papers, mild rubs and wear to spine ends and corner tips, a bright, nearly fine copy. (25480). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-284 [285]-300: ads, six inserted plates with illustrations by Alfred Pearse, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in yellow, white and black, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, top edge rough-trimmed fore and bottom edges untrimmed. A pair of Incas, held in suspended animation for hundreds of years, are revived scientifically; they mount a successful campaign to restore South America to Indian rule. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 933. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 98. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 50. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 67-8. Bleiler (1978), p. 87. Reginald 06384. Wolff 2798.

London: F. V. White & Co, 1897. Six plates by Alfred Pearse. vii, [i], 285, 286-300, ads, pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green ribbed cloth. Fine. Six plates by Alfred Pearse. vii, [i], 285, 286-300, ads, pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A pair of Incas, held in suspended animation for hundreds of years. Wolff 2798