The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/NF/VG+
- Seller
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/NF/VG+. VG+/VG+ dj, now in archival Brodart. Light soiling, touch of rubbing to extremities, pages age-toned as usual. Review copy with slip laid-in. From the collection and estate of noted SF/F/H & comic collector Kennett Neily - owner of the White Mountain Comic Collection - without his name and date of purchase as usual to ffep.
Synopsis
The Purple Cloud is a "last man" novel by the British writer M. P. Shiel. It was published in 1901. H. P. Lovecraft later praised the novel as exemplary weird fiction, "delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty. " Frank Belknap Long deemed it "the most unutterably terrible book ever written".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Hollow Books ® (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001662
- Title
- The Purple Cloud
- Author
- Shiel, M. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/NF
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, OH
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.