CAXTON'S BOOK: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, POEMS, TALES AND SKETCHES . Edited by Daniel O'Connell

Rhodes, W[illiam] H[enry]

Published by A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1876

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Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4 [5] 6-9 [10-11] 12 [13] 14-300 [301-304: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks; leaf 19(8), the final blank, excised by the binder], flyleaf at front, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The author's posthumous first and only book. Most of the stories are science fiction and fantasy, including the author's genre classic "The Case of Summerfield." Anthony Boucher reprinted this story in the summer 1950 issue of the MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, terming Rhodes "in this and other stories one of the great pioneers of modern science fiction." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-129; (1981) 1-141; (1987) 1-78; (1995) 1-78; and (2004) II-904. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1380. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1862. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 648. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 182. Locke, Voyages in Space 175. Moskowitz, Science Fiction in Old San Francisco Volume I: History of the Movement from 1854 to 1890, pp. 43-61. Bleiler (1978), p. 166. Reginald 12194. Wright (III) 4525. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 2094. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy of a classic collection of fantastic fiction. (#167364). Seller Inventory # 167364

Bibliographic Details

Title: CAXTON'S BOOK: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, POEMS...

Publisher: A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco

Publication Date: 1876

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition