Mists of Dawn
by Oliver, Chad
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (7/6 net), generally rubbed and with multiple chips, closed tears, creases, and scuffs. Grey boards, a dent matching the one on the jacket, with black ink lettering on the spine. Bound with a slight forward lean and some reading wear, foxed at the edges. Oliver's time-travelling novel that sees a man back in 50,000 BC fighting for survival on the plains of the Ice Age.
Synopsis
Mists of Dawn is a juvenile science fiction novel by science fiction writer and anthropologist Chad Oliver first published in 1952 by John C. Winston, Co. as a part of the Winston Science Fiction series of juvenile novels. The story follows the adventures of adolescent Mark Nye when he is accidentally transported to the stone age by his uncle's time machine. It includes a factual foreword on the science of anthropology and how Oliver uses this science in the telling of his story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7605
- Title
- Mists of Dawn
- Author
- Oliver, Chad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, SF, Sci-fi, Anthropology, Ice Age, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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- Edges
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