A Criminal Croesus [Cr?sus]

Lost Race. ".underground world inhabited by the descendants of some trapped Norse travellers; plenty of gold and silver; attempts to exploit the inhabitants and the setting up of a United States of South America". [Locke volI, p97]. Locke has Griffiths as the first prolific British Science Fiction author, something that stands up today, though Griffith's popularity has waned somewhat. In Blieler as Lost Race w/ inventions [p. 86]. Some markings to the cloth, slight reading lean, bumping and softening to the spine tips, toning to the spine, front hinge starting, rear hinge slightly poorer. Indentations to the endpaper from a previous seller's price. George Griffith (1857-1906) was one of the leading voices in contemporary science fiction / scientific romance, particularly in the future war subgenre. He first found success with The Angel of the Revolution which was the most popular work of science fiction at the time until the Time Machine toppled it. Largely forgotten nowadays, as his work doesn't always stand up to modern military advancements, he was however one of the first English writers to make a full-time living from science fiction.…