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THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. A Romance.

THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. A Romance.

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THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. A Romance.

by HUME, Fergus

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New York: Lovell, Gestefeld & Company., [1892].. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American (and the first one-volume) edition. 453 pp. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed and lettered in black and light brown. The British edition was published by Griffith, Farran in three volumes in 1892. Ink inscription on front fly, dated 1899, trifling wear to cloth at base of spine, a very good, bright copy.

¶ Utopian novel. An Englishman establishes an ideal community built along classical Greek lines on an isolated island in the Aegean Sea. It is later discovered by the outside world.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
300273
Title
THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. A Romance.
Author
HUME, Fergus
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Edition
First American Edition
Publisher
Lovell, Gestefeld & Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
[1892].
Keywords
Australian author

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