OO: Adventures in Orbello Land.

Hildreth, Charles Lotin.

Verlag: Belford Company, Publishers 18-22 East 18th St. , 1st, brown cloth boards with black and gilt illustrations of the Australian Lundee attacking the Orbellians, and of Rollin, Ben, and Polly sailing their boat; elaborate designs on the spine, brown patterned endpapers, many coated-paper illustrations in text, some by Henry Newell Cady and others by J. K. H; 5.5x7.75"; 316 pp., New York, 1889

Beschreibung

CONDITION:Very Good Minus; (1/4" stain across top edge thus grade), tight, board gilt very bright, spine a little faded, extrems rubbed; only occasional light page soil and reading wrinkles, two pages with chipped tips. Juvenile hardback. An early science fiction/utopian novel for children, set in an uncharted part of Southern Australia. Rollin sets out to find his father in the mysterious, unknown land of OO, a gentle but rigid theocracy whose members wear Greek dress. As it turns out Rollin's father has become a king and captive of the Orbellians. Once the story gets going, the attempt to find and rescue him is a real page-turner, with racial stereotypes of its time. The gift inscription on a flyleaf reads, "in remembrance of Valentine's Day 1890"; a note opposite written by the recipient as an adult reads "present to . when he was a little boy." ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 19837

Bibliografische Details

Titel: OO: Adventures in Orbello Land.

Verlag: Belford Company, Publishers 18-22 East 18th St. , 1st, brown cloth boards with black and gilt illustrations of the Australian Lundee attacking the Orbellians, and of Rollin, Ben, and Polly sailing their boat; elaborate designs on the spine, brown patterned endpapers, many coated-paper illustrations in text, some by Henry Newell Cady and others by J. K. H; 5.5x7.75"; 316 pp., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1889

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: .

Auflage: 1st Edition