LO! by Charles Fort, Author of New Lands and The Book of the Damned

14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London : Victor Gollancz Ltd. , 1931. 1931 at title page; no other dates, indications. First printing; no other printings stated. Scarce UK first edition. Bright orange cloth boards, bright gilt spine titles, light shelf, spine wear. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Small antiquarian bookstore label with corner chip at back pastedown: "The Aragat Booksellers, 1517 N. Clark St., Chicago." This British first is simply the unexpurgated printed word by Charles Fort itself without table of contents, foreword, or illustration. Bind good, square; hinges reinforced. Rare original pictorial wrapper, some chip, edge wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Beige wrapper features dynamic front panel design with two bizarro designs in deep red and black by Alexander King and several blurb reviews; spine features titles and 15/-net with Gollancz at heel. A thoroughly enjoyable read. Scarce sharp first edition in rare near good wrapper with front panel art by Alexander King. Here are more tales of the unexplained recorded by Charles Fort! Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) is known for his humored yet careful review of inexplicable phenomena. LO! is Charles Fort's third book following THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED (1919) and NEW LANDS (1923). In this title, Fort further compiles hundreds of beyond-normal human and animal phenomena. Fort was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. He was a humorist and a satirist hugely skeptical especially scientists' claims to ultimate knowledge. He flourished with a unique blend of mockery, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness. This unorthodox title asks questions orthodox science dares not ask or answer. Thought provoking, astounding, outrageous - the truth about inexplicable phenomena by the man who "has shot the scientific basis of modern wisdom full of large holes." - Ben Hecht. "To read Charles Fort is to ride a comet!" - New York Times. Made and Printed in Great Britain by The Camelot Press Ltd., London and Southampton. 351 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by King, Alexander (Wrapper Art). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.