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The Air Trust
by England, George Allan (illustrated by John Sloan)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0883553686
- ISBN 13
- 9780883553688
- Seller
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Westport: Hyperion Press 1976 Facsimile Edition 8vo 333pp ill. ISBN 0883553686, 1976 Fine original cloth, no DW as issued. Offset from the 1915 edition. Billionaire capitalist, Isaac Flint, discovers a process that extracts oxygen from the air, thus creating a monopoly - the entire world must buy his air if people are to breathe at a level beyond utter misery. The scientific explanation is well worked out; the great plant with its equipment and huge storage containers is nearing completion near Niagara Falls when Flint's opponents stage a massive and dramatic counter-attack. T he advantage veers from side to side and the issue is kept in doubt until the final confrontation. The book's strong socialist slant made it too controversial for magazine publication, and was eventually published in one edition by Phil Wagner in 19 15.
Synopsis
England's 1915 novel of socialist revolution in America. "I hope for a peaceful and bloodless revolution. But if that be impossible, then by all means let us have revolution in its other sense. And with the hope that this book may perhaps revive some fainting spirit or renew the vision of emancipation in some soul where it has dimmed, I give "The Air Trust" to the workers of America and of the world." -- George Allan England
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- Bookseller
- N & A Smiles
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8957
- Title
- The Air Trust
- Author
- England, George Allan (illustrated by John Sloan)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0883553686
- ISBN 13
- 9780883553688
- Publisher
- Westport: Hyperion Press 1976 Facsimile Edition 8vo 333pp ill. ISBN 0883553686
- Place of Publication
- Westport, Ct, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1976
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About the Seller
N & A Smiles
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia
About N & A Smiles
We are located on the Great Eastern Highway in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin in Western Australia, 2-1/2 hours drive from Perth. We are directly opposite East Crossing Road, nestled in between the Tyre Service and the TAFE College. Public Transport is available via the Prospector & Avon Link passenger train services, or via the Goldfields Express bus service. We specialise in Collectible Paperbacks with an emphasis on Science Fiction and Crime Novels, but we also carry an extensive range of Mythology, Icelandic Sagas, Middle English Texts, Australian Exploration, Aboriginal Studies, Tolkien, Gor Books, Proto Science Fiction, Early SF Pulp Magazines and much more. Drop in for a browse and cup of coffee.
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