The Realm of Light by Frank Hatfield (pseudonym of John Stevens) - 1908

Reid Publishing Company. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Hinges cracked. Dampstained. Writing inside. (Utopian Fiction)

Boston: Reid Publishing Co., 1908. [1st printing] Sept. 1908. "Novel of an advanced, Utopian lost race in Africa" (Locke: Spectrum I, p. 107); "A lost-race novel and a description of an ideal society, all based on occultism" (Bleiler: Science-Fiction: The Early Years, #1062). Red pictorial (gilt print and mountain skyline) cloth; 439pps. Light extremity wear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ to Near Fine.

Boston: Reid Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce first edition of this lost race novel from American author Frank Hatfield. First edition. Scarce work. A lost race novel written in the form of a manuscript left to John Stevens by Frank Hatfield. Set on a high plateau in Africa, the Zoeians apply advanced technology including solar power to maintain an existence so spiritually elevated they are considered living exponents of Christ. Written by Frank Hatfield, the pen name of John Stevens, an American author. In the original burgundy cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and minor rubbing to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good