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Brereton, F[rederick] S[adleir]. THE GREAT AEROPLANE: A THRILLING TALE OF ADVENTURE...
London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1911 First edition. First printing with recto of title leaf dated 1911. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 vi [7-8] 9-396, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Edward S. Hodgson, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, all edges stained green, gray endpapers. Boys' adventure tale moving from England (where the young protagonists befriend a scientist with an advanced jet powered by "broadcast" electricity) to Canada to Mongolia to Africa. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 265. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 094. Bleiler (1978) p. 30. Reginald 01872. Just a touch of rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips, a tight, bright, very good copy. A very attractive copy of this handsome book. Nice copies of the "true" first printing are uncommon. (#10377)
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