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Creation's Doom
by Papp, Desiderius
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
London: Jarrolds Publishers 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First UK edition.[translated from the German by H. J. Stenning] Non-fiction per Tuck but reads more like science fiction. Brown cloth with gold gilt spine lettering/rules, 286 pages plus 8 pages of ads at the rear dated "for Spring, 1934", wonderfully crude science-fiction-oriented illustrations. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 172, "Not fiction but speculative fact, considering the various ways by which the world might meet its doom"]. Oswald Train's bookplate, Boots sticker, hinges broken, something removed from the rear paste-down, remainder-like mark to the bottom edge, so offered as a reading/filler copy only and lacking the jacket. See photos bx10
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2906
- Title
- Creation's Doom
- Author
- Papp, Desiderius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Jarrolds Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 286
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NON-FICTION, SPECULATIVE, FACT, END, THE, WORLD, CATASTROPHE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Science /Catastrophes;
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About the Seller
biblioboy
Biblio member since 2003
North Providence, Rhode Island
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We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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