THE BATTLE FOR THE PACIFIC AND OTHER ADVENTURES AT SEA by Rowan Stevens Yates Sterling sic i.e. Stirling Jr. William J. Henderson G. E. Walsh Kirk Munroe F. H. Spearman and Others .
1908108335New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1908. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-ii iii-v vi-viii ix-x xi-xii 1-2 3-237 238 239-242: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks eight inserted plates original green cloth front and spine panels stamped in black color illustration affixed to front panel. First edition. The first half of this anthology prints short fiction extrapolating future naval battles fought with advanced weapons: "The Battle for the Pacific: Sorakichi-Prometheus" by Rowan Stevens "The Bombardment of the Golden Gate: How the Attack on San Francisco was Repulsed" by Yates Stirling Jr. "A Fight in the Fog: A Hard-won Victory" by Stirling "The Battle Off the Hook: How the North Atlantic Squadron Met the Enemy" by Stirling "Harry Borden's Naval Monster: A Ship of the Air" by William J. Henderson and "The Cruise of a Commerce Destroyer: How the 'Calabria' was Captured" by Stirling. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2092. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 724. Clarke Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 1992 p. 233. Bleiler 1978 p. 186. Reginald 00940. Smith American Fiction 1901-1908 B-357. Several stains to cloth mostly along top edges a very good copy in very good printed dust jacket with some shallow chipping at edges mostly spine ends and corner tips and some staining along top edges mostly rear panel. Rare in jacket. #108335 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
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