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QUAYLE'S INVENTION ..
by Taine, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Front and rear covers mottled, possibly damp stains, a very good copy in a good price clipped dust jacket backed on the verso wi
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1927]. First edition. Front and rear covers mottled, possibly damp stains, a very good copy in a good price clipped dust jacket backed on the verso with brown paper tape wear to spine ends with minor loss, light wear to corner tips, vertical crease to left front panel. (24565). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-451 [452-458: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge not stained, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-trimmed. The author's second SF novel. Discovery of a process to extract gold from sea water and its consequences. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2151. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 745. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 211. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 13968.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24565
- Title
- QUAYLE'S INVENTION ..
- Author
- Taine, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
- Book Condition
- Used - Front and rear covers mottled, possibly damp stains, a very good copy in a good price clipped dust jacket backed on the verso wi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1927]
- Keywords
- SF
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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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