Stewart Edward White, who was known primarily as a conservationist and writer of westerns, and Samuel Hopkins Adams, who was known mainly as a muckraking journalist collaborated on this novel. Uncharacteristically for both of the authors, the story is a venture into science fiction and sea story.
There is more than one mystery in the tale, which seems to have been based on the story of the Mary Celeste. A naval vessel discovers a derelict schooner in the south seas. Everything aboard the ship appears and order, but the craft is completely deserted. The mystery deepens when not one but two salvage parties put aboard the craft also disappear.
This antique hardcover book is bound in green cloth boards, with gilt spine lettering and a color cover paste-down illustration. Cover is worn/soiled, but pastedown is entire and intact. Pages lightly browned, but clean. Spine weak but holding, foxing, wear and soil. A first edition copy of this fantastic novel of a ghost ship. 286 pages; approx. 5"x8".
- THE MYSTERY
- White, Stewart Edward; Adams, Samuel Hopkins
- Will Crawford, Illustrator
- McClure, Phillips & Co., 1907, First Edition
This antique hardcover book is bound in dark green boards. Spine is faded to tan, with gilt lettering. Cover has three-color illustration of a ship at sea, with bright gilt lettering. Some edgewear, page edge soil. Inner pages mostly clean. Black-and-white plates. 348 pages; approx. 5"x8". A tale of Incas and a fleet of fantastic ships.
- SWEEPERS OF THE SEA: THE STORY OF A STRANGE NAVY
- Claude Wetmore
- G.A. Coffin, Illustrator
- The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1900 - Second edition
This antique hardcover book is bound in dark blue boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine. some edgewear, mostly to spine ends; page edges browned, with some soil; stamp on lower edge of front inner board; most inner pages clean. 450 pages; approx. 6"x9". The coming world Emperor, the story of the other Christ.
- TITAN, SON OF SATURN: THE COMING WORLD EMPEROR
- Joseph Birkbeek Burroughs
- The Emeth Publishers, 1907
Very clean copy. Pages are bright. Cover is blue with gilt lettering and a white and orange floral illustration. Contains an illustrated frontispiece. 401 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.5"x8"
From Wikipedia:
The Maker of Moons is an 1896 short story collection by Robert W. Chambers which followed the publication of Chambers' most famous work, The King in Yellow (1895).
It contained eight new stories, including the title story "The Maker of Moons", one of his finest weird tales, and several romantic Art Nouveau stories, concluding with two less distinguished weird tales. The latter were subsequently incorporated into the episodic novel In Search of the Unknown.
The first three stories are linked by the theme of a dream wife who is named Ysonde, and they form a triptych. The weird nature of the first story has interesting echoes in the other two, which feature picturesque animal figures, such as a Red Ibis and a disagreeable porcupine. The story "In The Name of the Most High" is a war story set in the American civil war. The next two stories are humorous romantic tales with a fishing theme and setting. Chambers' love of natural scenery illuminates most of the stories.
- The Maker of Moons
- Robert W. Chambers
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902
Clean copy with little to no wear. Pages and illustrations are bright. Comes with original matched slipcase in beautiful condition. 317 pages, approx. 6 inches by 9 inches. 11th printing
- The Hobbit
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- ISBN 0395177111
- HMH Books for Young Readers
