The DEVIL-TREE Of El Dorado: A Novel . Atkins, Francis Henry, Writing As "Frank Aubrey." Adventure Fiction,Lost Race,Victorian Fiction

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xv [xvi] xvii-xx 1-392 [393-396: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], eight inserted plates with illustrations by Leigh Ellis and Fred Hyland, publisher's pictorial dark brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light brown and gold, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First U.S. edition. Lost race novel concerning the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa and a carnivorous tree on the summit of Mt. Roraima. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 1-5 and (1995) 1-5. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-10. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 92. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 027. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 25. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 36. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 64. The Stuart Teitler Collection of Lost Race Fiction, p. 8. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 12. Reginald 00623. A two small stains on rear cover, but a nearly fine, bright copy. (#173803)