first edition Hardcover
1900 · New York
by BARRETT, Frank
New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Co, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition thus, by this publisher (originally published in London by Cassell in 1888; the first American edition was published by P.F. Collier in 1889 - see Hubin. *Crime Fiction,* p.24). Octavo. 352pp. Frontispiece. Blue cloth stamped in red. Fore-edge lightly foxed, else a very good, bright copy. Uncommon work of fiction, with both crime and fantasy elements, with a woman protagonist. An historical romance, and tale of adventure, featuring a female protagonist (with subtle feminist themes). "A period pirate romance, including a lost race, called the Ingas in Brazillian caves"- (truncated)