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The Forbidden Garden (signed by Eric Taine Bell)
by JOHN TAINE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dustjacket: Near fine with only light wear along the top and tail of spine and edges. First Eedition/Near Fine
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Limited Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 500, of which this is number 221. Inscribed by Taine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with light wear along the top and tail of spine and edges. An important early work of fantasy. John Taine was the pseudonym of California Institute of Technology mathematics professor and Historian of mathematics Eric Taine Bell. One of the first books issued by the Science Fiction Specialty Press. An excellent copy, one of the best we've seen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31509
- Title
- The Forbidden Garden (signed by Eric Taine Bell)
- Author
- JOHN TAINE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dustjacket: Near fine with only light wear along the top and tail of spine and edges. First Eedition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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Fourteen (14) day return guarantee, for any reason, and we pay return shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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