Armageddon: A Tale of Love, War, and Invention
by Stanley Waterloo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$263.42NZ$237.08
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Stanley Waterloo's novel set in the near future, where Anglo-American supremacy is achieved through use of armoured airships. Illustrated with a frontispiece.The work of American newspaper owner Stanley Waterloo, the novel depicts an Anglo-American victory over the rest of Europe in a destructive war caused by European imperialism.An important early Future History novel.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fading to back strip. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 876F37
- Title
- Armageddon: A Tale of Love, War, and Invention
- Author
- Stanley Waterloo
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- future war airships the Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man sci-fi airships
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- New
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- Cloth
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