James Maclaren Cobban — The Tyrants of Kool-Sim

London, H. Henry & Co ltd, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated 'lost race' science fiction novel by J. Maclaren Cobban. The first edition. A very scarce work 'in which the fake-anarchist girl-captain of a super-submarine meets up with the Flying Dutchman, awakens its crew, arranges for their resettlement in South Africa, and marries the Dutchman' -from SF encyclopaedia Illustrated by J. Brewster Fisher with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. This 'lost race' novel was written by J. Maclaren Cobban which features a lost civilisation with poisonous blood and magical powers, which is described as a result of interbreeding between the pygmy people and the ancient Hebrews. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, a mark to the front board, a lean and bumping to the extremities. Offsetting to the free endpapers with spotting to the pastedowns. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot, slightly heavier to the blanks, offsetting to the title page and an unopened page to the rear. Very Good . Ill.: J. Brewster Fisher. Very Good .