GRIFFITH GEORGE - The Outlaws of the Air

London, Hutchinson. 1898, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: E S Hope. maroon cloth with gilt 'Hutchinson's Colonial Library' to top corner, sunned spine titled in gilt, small spot of soiling to upper board, hinges weak, lacks prelims, title pasted down to inside front board, starts with contents (v) page, rear hinge strengthened with paper tape, sections are all intact and attached but sit loose on cords, v-viii 376pp, ink name at head of chapter one, this is illustrated in line throughout by E S Hope as in the original Tower edition, probably unsold Tower sheets bound for the overseas market by Hutchinson?, "'The Outlaws of the Air' depicted a future of aerial warfare and the creation of a Pacific island utopia. Sam Moskowitz described him as "undeniably the most popular science fiction writer in England between 1893 and 1895." Wikipedia, suitable for a custome binding with a facsimile title page or possibly a conservator may be able to salvage the glued down original title. Good/No Jacket.

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