Fantasty Charles Curtz Hahn The Wreck of the South Pole 1899 1st US VG
Charles Curtz Hahn The Wreck of the South Pole or the Great Dissembler and Other Strange Tales. First US edition, First Printing with "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1899 By Street & Smith" on copyright page. Publisher: New York Street & Smith, 1899. Octavo 7.5" X 5.25" [ii Blank] [vi] 7-222 [ii Blank]. Original pictorial light gray cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket.
Book Condition: Very Good Light fraying to spine ends. Spine is sun faded. Light browning to covers. Binding is strong. Text is clean and bright.
A collection of 12 short stories including the title story. The Wreck of the South Pole is about a shipwreck survivor who discovers a humanoid race in the Antarctic that possess telepathic powers and advanced technology. "Detailed eutopia based on ESP." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature,. The stories include:
The Wreck of the South Pole
The Indestructible Story
The Baby Ghost
Why He Took Him Along
Penelope
What Shall She Do?
A Medical Student's Love
Written in Water
That Deceptive Telegram
The Little Girl, Now a Woman
A Chicago Romance
The Becon Ship of Half Moon Bay