Ray gordon intro (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Beta Phi Mu, Urbana, Illinois 1957
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, USAUlysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 1413, this being No.703. Hardcover in Near-Fine condition in original glassine dust wrapper, large 8vo, pages: xix,vi,96. Black cloth with titles in gold, salmon-colored embossed end-papers, black-and-white frontis, title page i…n blue and black, copiously illustrated by H.G. Wells. Top of block dusty else a clean un-marked copy, glassine dust wrapper chipped with some tears and loss on spine. From the intro by Gordon Ray, " 'The Desert Daisy', which is here reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript in the University of Illinois Library, appears to be H.G. Wells' earliest surviving narrative of any length. It was composed sometime during the period 1878-1890, when Wells was in his twelfth and thirteenth years." The numbered copies were reserved for members of Beta Phi Mu, an addition of 3000 un-numbered copies were printed for general distribution.
