DARKNESS AND DAWN
by England, George Allan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Previous owner's inscription in ink at upper half title page, fraying to cloth at lower right front corners and some general
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Small and Maynard, 1914. Later printing. Previous owner's inscription in ink at upper half title page, fraying to cloth at lower right front corners and some general overall rubbing and dust soiling, a very good copy. (15445). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-672 [673-676: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], four inserted plates (including color frontispiece) by P. J. Monahan, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, pictorial endpapers. An important early American science fiction novel utilizing the catastrophe motif. Trilogy originally published as serials in CAVALIER in 1912 and 1913. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-73; (1981) 1-67; (1987) 1-33 and (1995) 1-33. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 673. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 283. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 58-9. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 79. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 484-87. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 79. Reginald 04904. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-194. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1097. Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States 1900-1954, p. 294.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15445
- Title
- DARKNESS AND DAWN
- Author
- England, George Allan
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's inscription in ink at upper half title page, fraying to cloth at lower right front corners and some general
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Small and Maynard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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