Mckesson Charles (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Early lost race novel, in original red cloth. First edition. No date to title page, with copyright date of 1898. As in other copies, the "8" is battered, making it look like a "3", which is why the date of this book is sometimes maybe mistakenly listed as 1893. A solid copy, lightly cocked. A summary of this fantastic novel can be found on Youtube, as: The Weird and the Wonderful CCCLXXIV: Under Pike's Peak by Charles L. McKesson.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 260 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.65 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. US JC off Glass. 4 McKesson: This second edition states on the cover, Pocket Edition and is truly an early mass market paperback. 302 pages, well loved cover, as shown, yet contents rather very good, unmarked. No title in white paper spine.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 344. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1898 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 344.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-5] 6-302 [303-416: ads], seven inserted plates (photographic views of the Pike's Peak region), original red cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "A man stumbles upon the subterranean domain of the 'Azonians.' His captors are dwarfed folk with oversized skulls and telepathic ability. Mahalma is the last of her race, a beautiful woman of normal size." - The Stuart Teitler Collection of Lost Race Fiction, p. 149. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1414. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 545. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Reginald 09937. Large 1899 gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Cloth spotted on spine panel and front cover, a bit of scattered foxing in the text and to the rear endpapers, a sound, good copy. (#171176).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. McKesson, Charles L. Under Pike's Peak; or, Mahalma, Child of the Fire Father. London, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, Publisher, [1898]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-5] 6-302 [303-416: publisher's ads]. Original maroon cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. Illustrated with seven inserted plates reproducing photographs of the Pike's Peak region. Early pencil ownership marks on front paste-down with note, "I lived for a year near Pike's Peak, Colorado." Pencil notations in the same hand are found on the recto of the frontis and the rear free endpaper along with a few scattered marks in the text. Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends, otherwise a nearly fine copy of this rare book. #3523. $500. "A sightseer's accidental discovery of an ancient people living within and under the famous Colorado peak. The 'Azonians', as they are called, are dwarf-sized with over-sized skulls and telepathic abilities. Mahalma herself appears to be of normal human proportions." -- Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot, #803. The Azonians are also blind, deaf and dumb, but have harnessed electricity to accomplish most of their labor. "Eccentric lost-race novel, very confused in concept and presentation. The confusion is so great that a summary must omit many of the blind ends in the story." -- Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1414. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 545. Costes & Altairac, Les Terres Creuses #282. Reginald 09937.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1893 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 343 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 343.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 342.