first edition Cloth
1909 · Philadelphia and London
by Marriott, Crittenden
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Frank McKernan. Frank McKernan. First Edition. [6], [5]-265, [1 (blank)], [6 (publisher's ads)]. Small 8vo. Colored frontispiece plus three black and white plates as called for. Top edges dirty, light scratch to back panel and a touch of wear at the extremities. A much brighter copy than usually seen. Cloth. This book was the basis for a silent film in 1923, "The Isle of Lost Ships", with a young Marlene Dietrich. In 1929 it was turned into a talkie with Jason Robards, Sr.
LITERATURE:
Bleiler Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction (1979), page 133. (Inventory #: 29406)
LITERATURE:
Bleiler Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction (1979), page 133. (Inventory #: 29406)