The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, tear at center fore-edge of rear blank leaves.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, tear at center fore-edge . of rear blank leaves.. 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. Dramatic color jacket illustration by Soshensky. A post-apocalyptic novel about a lone man survivor of a deadly purple cloud of gas that has wiped out all other humans. This novel was first published by the West Indian author in 1901, but is trotted out here in a new jacket to capitalize on a new audience filled with Atomic Age anxiety. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages .
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
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36120
- Title
- The Purple Cloud
- Author
- Shiel, M. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, tear at center fore-edge of rear blank leaves.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Post-apocalyptic Fiction, Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Leaves
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- New
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