It must have been a little after three o'clock in the afternoon that it happened-the afternoon of June 3rd, 1916. It seems incredible that all that I have passed through-all those weird and terrifying experiences-should have been encompassed within so short a span as three brief months. Rather might I have experienced a cosmic cycle, with all its changes and evolutions for that which I have seen with my own eyes in this brief interval of time-things that no other mortal eye had seen before, glimpses of a world past, a world ...
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It must have been a little after three o'clock in the afternoon that it happened-the afternoon of June 3rd, 1916. It seems incredible that all that I have passed through-all those weird and terrifying experiences-should have been encompassed within so short a span as three brief months. Rather might I have experienced a cosmic cycle, with all its changes and evolutions for that which I have seen with my own eyes in this brief interval of time-things that no other mortal eye had seen before, glimpses of a world past, a world dead, a world so long dead that even in the lowest Cambrian stratum no trace of it remains. Fused with the melting inner crust, it has passed forever beyond the ken of man other than in that lost pocket of the earth whither fate has borne me and where my doom is sealed. I am here and here must remain.After reading this far, my interest, which already had been stimulated by the finding of the manuscript, was approaching the boiling-point. I had come to Greenland for the summer, on the advice of my physician, and was slowly being bored to extinction, as I had thoughtlessly neglected to bring sufficient reading-matter. Being an indifferent fisherman, my enthusiasm for this form of sport soon waned; yet in the absence of other forms of recreation I was now risking my life in an entirely inadequate boat off Cape Farewell at the southernmost extremity of Greenland.Greenland! As a descriptive appellation, it is a sorry joke-but my story has nothing to do with Greenland, nothing to do with me; so I shall get through with the one and the other as rapidly as possible.
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Near Fine. Book 1st pr. Solid, square, perfect spine and sharp wraps. In a protective archival bag! When this book arrives, you'll be so excited youll feel as though youre rocketing beyond the farthest star, tunneling to the Earths Core with Innes and Perry, galloping on thoat-back across the lichen-covered sea bottoms of Barsoom with the Warlord of Mars, or swinging through the upper canopies like the Lord of the Jungleyou MAY even scream Kreegah! with glee! NOTE: Very light age-toning for the books age; still supple and readable, for now and ever. Also, a little bit of edge and handling wear.
