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The Fascination of the King
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The Fascination of the King Cloth - 1897

by Guy Boothby

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  • Hardcover
  • first

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London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Stanley L. Wood. A smart first edition and in a pictorial binding of Boothby's adventure fiction, illustrated by Stanley L. Wood. An adventure fiction inspired by the Far East.Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian writer best known for his Dr Nikola series, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a Gothic tale about Egypt and the supernatural. Boothby was a friend of Rudyard Kipling's, and wrote ghost stories, Gothic horror, science fiction and crime fiction, with particular interest placed on his supernatural works.In a pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.A first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart; spine is a touch cocked with bumping to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
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  • Title The Fascination of the King
  • Author Guy Boothby
  • Illustrator Stanley L. Wood
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good Indeed
  • Publisher Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London
  • Date 1897
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 766R34

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