PEARSON'S MAGAZINE (2 Vols) Jan. to June and July to Dec. 1899 (complete year). Includes classic early Gaslight Science Fiction; Fantasy and adventure fiction; Real Ghost Stories. Tesla, Nikola

Heron, E. and H., Rudyard Kipling, Wardon Allan Curtis, Nikola Tesla, Edward Olin Weeks, George Griffith, Cutliffe Hyne, Louis Tracy, William le Queux, E. Nesbit, John Luther Long, Baroness Orczy etc.

Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London, 1899

About this Item

A cornucopia of 'Gaslight Sci Fi', Supernatural tales (the six Heron mother and son, second series Flaxman Low tales are their first appearance in print (preceding the book) and the character is celebrated as the first psychic detective in fiction; also Fantasy and Adventure fiction. Notable stories include: The Monster of Lake Metrie (Wyoming), Adventures of Sirdir Mohammed Khan, The Lost Continent, a tale of the Fourth Dimension and The Story of Flaxman Low. There is also a wide range of non-fiction article topics including: cannibalism, a new art of self-defence, microbes, boomerangs, a New York diving torpedo boat, shark hunting, billiard tricks, snake dancers of Arizona, Baku, convict life, etc etc. Personalities featured include Nikola Tesla, Jan Szczepanik, Mrs E. Main, champion mountaineer, Alex Orling, Hoshi Kosetsu, etc. Nearly all articles are attractively illustrated and include the work of the celebrated illustrator Warwick Goble R.A. The volumes are in very good to near-fine condition, bright and clean with very few, if any, signs of use. No inscriptions and firm bindings - unusual in such thick tomes (680pp and 814pp) - very attractive hardback covers with art nouveau designs in colour and gilt blocking. Volume VII has some cloth wrinkling to the spine and very slight spotting to top edge; attractive decorated green end-papers and fine condition throughout. Volume VIII has the identical clean and bright binding with clean gray end-papers with minor spotting to the verso of the last page (Index) only. Some slightly bumped corners to both volumes. Overall, in remarkably good condition. Pearson's Magazine has an obvious transatlantic feel in the choice of topics and fiction authors, most of which carry a U.S. copyright notice no doubt due to content overlap with the U.S. Pearson's Magazine. Some additional postage cost (ie. for two volumes) for overseas. 32% price reduction now applied. Seller Inventory # 000971

Bibliographic Details

Title: PEARSON'S MAGAZINE (2 Vols) Jan. to June and...

Publisher: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1899

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Warwick Goble and others

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition