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THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN
by Taine, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Neat inked name to upper front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the spine ends se
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. First edition, trade issue. Neat inked name to upper front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the spine ends several rubs to spine fold and upper front edge, slight wear to corner tips. (25560). Octavo, cloth. Concerns the search for spores from an alien plant located in a hidden valley in Central Asia. In 333.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25560
- Title
- THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN
- Author
- Taine, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
- Book Condition
- Used - Neat inked name to upper front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the spine ends se
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, trade issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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