The Order of Isis by James Bagnall-Stubbs (First Edition)

Authors: James Bagnall-Stubbs

Location: London

Publisher: Skeffington & Son

Date: 1900

Edition: First Edition

Features: Title paged dated 1900. Orange cloth stamped in gilt; with inset design of blue, black, and orange. Fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. 302 pp. Publisher's adverts laid in at rear. A novel set in Egypt where "occult chemists in the eponymous order create a vapour capable of enabling eavesdropping at a distance", The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Rare 5 copies found on worldcat, none online.

Book Condition: Very Good: A firm copy with moderate wear to spine cloth, edges, and corners. Slight spine lean. Moderate foxing to endpapers, prelims, and last few pages. Mild foxing to fore and bottom edges of text block, and occasionally to page margins. Owner's name to front pastedown. No jacket present.

HCX23460-1