The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M P
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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THE PURPLE CLOUD
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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N. Potomac, Maryland, USA
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£5.69
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NY: Paperback Library, 1963. 1st printing, Aug. 1963; #52-232. Cover art is uncredited [Powers]. Creasing; edge nicks and wear; tanning; minor soiling. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. Item Price
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THE PURPLE CLOUD
by SHIEL, M. P
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- Used - FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.
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- FIRST EDITION
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- PUB 1930
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- HARDCOVER
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
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NEW YORK NY: VANGUARD PRESS (THE). FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1930. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST BRITISH EDITION WAS 1901 . PURPLE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES AND BORDER TO THE SPINE AND GILT TITLES TO THE UPPER COVER. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS A… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Good
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- Good
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- Reprint
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
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£20.32
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. Reprint of this last-man-alive classic, of a wanderer losing his mind after a catastrophe, and his encounter. Bleiler p. 179; in 333. First of Gollancz's series of reissues of "rare works of imaginative fiction". Hardcover in stained, tanned & chipped jacket, as pictured. Text clean; 288 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Duodecimo. Item Price
£20.32
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The Purple Cloud (Warner Paperback Library Edition)
by SHIEL, M. P.
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- 1974
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, GBR
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SHIEL, M. P.
The Purple Cloud (Warner Paperback Library Edition)
Warner Paperback Library - Warner Division, New York, 1974, paperback, VG, edges yellow, 191 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned. Covers and spine intact, clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Lovely tidy copy.
COLLECTORS PAPERBACK, SCIENCE FICTION, M. P. SHIEL 46229 COLL/PBACK/S £13.80 Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M.P.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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£406.45
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New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First American edition, first printing. [ix], 294 pp. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettered spine. Very Good+ with light wear at extremities, sunning to spine ends. Contents slightly toned, bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with loss at crown,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PURPLE CLOUD. (Paperback Library # 52-232)
by Shiel, M. P. (1865-1947)
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- Used - Good / Very Good
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- PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st).
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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Steinbach, Manitoba, CAN
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£2.43
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New York, NY, USA.: Paperback Library ., 1963. Book. Illus. by Painted Front Cover. Good / Very Good. Soft cover. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st).. 191 pages. "A purple vapor, far deadlier than any bomb or gas invented by man's genius, passes over the world and kills every living being but one. One person is singled out for survival,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M.P.
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- Used - soft cover, near fine
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- 2000
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Stirling, Ontario, CAN
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£3.77
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Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska, 2000. soft cover, near fine . Lincoln: soft cover, near fine 2000 intro by John Clute Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by M. P. Shiel
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1969
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- Paperback
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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£6.95
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Panther Science Fiction, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. 1969. First Edition Thus. 221 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to pages throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front reverse cover and first page. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to both covers. Spine is in good condition. Item Price
£6.95
The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Good Minus
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- No Jacket
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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£4.06
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Gollancz, 1929 March 1929 re-issue in Good Minus condition lacking a Dust Jacket.. Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Jacket. Hardcover. Item Price
£4.06
THE PURPLE CLOUD
by M.P. Shiel
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- Used
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- Bison Books Edition
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9780803292796
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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£11.38
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Bison Books Edition. Paperback. 294p. A new, unread softcover book. Item Price
£11.38
The Purple Cloud (Penguin Classics)
by Shiel, M P
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780141196428
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by M.P.Shiel
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- Used - fine/fine
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- Limited Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9781872621814
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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£101.61
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Tartarus Press, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Octavo. 9 1/2"x 6". 286pp. Limited to 400 copies. A fine copy in dust jacket. Item Price
£101.61
The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - VG+/NF
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, USA
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£39.02
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, tear at center fore-edge of rear blank leaves.
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- Reprint
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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£24.39
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PURPLE CLOUD.
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Fair condition only in purple cloth (sunning to spine, wear to corners and ends of spine, previous owner's name and toning t
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- purple cloth (sunning to spine, wear to corners and ends of spine, previous owner's name and toning to pages - but still a t
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- (1930)
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Ione, California, USA
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£28.05
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New York:: The Vanguard Press,, (1930). Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in purple cloth (sunning to spine, wear to corners and ends of spine, previous owner's name and toning to pages - but still a tight and sturdy vintage copy of a classic novel.. No dust jacket.. First American edition. Originally published in 1901,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M P
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- Used - Good
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- 9/14/2006 12:00:01 A
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- Paperback
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- 9781406805536
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Simi Valley, California, USA
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£2.85
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Echo Library, 9/14/2006 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.5000 8.7992 5.9016. Heavy wear to the cover mainly the edges. Item Price
£2.85
The Purple Cloud (Penguin Classics)
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 2012-11-27
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- Paperback
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- 9780141196428
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Denton, Texas, USA
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£8.94
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Penguin Classics, 2012-11-27. Paperback. Acceptable. 0.8661 in x 7.7165 in x 5.0394 in. Minor damage to parts of text, may include water or spine damage. Overall, still a fine copy for classroom use! May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books. Item Price
£8.94
The Purple Cloud (Penguin Classics)
by Shiel, M. P.
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- Used - Good
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- 2012-11-27
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- Paperback
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- 9780141196428
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Denton, Texas, USA
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£8.94
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Penguin Classics, 2012-11-27. Paperback. Good. 0.8661 in x 7.7165 in x 5.0394 in. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books. Item Price
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THE PURPLE CLOUD (SIGNED)
by SHIEL, M. P
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- Used - NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. AS ISSUED
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- PUB 1929
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- HARDCOVER
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
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£934.83
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LONDON: GOLLANCZ (VICTOR). NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. AS ISSUED. PUB 1929. HARDCOVER. ONE OF THE 105 OF THE SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. THIS IS THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . ACCORDING TO REYNOLDS MORSE "THE 1901 AND THE 1929 EDITIONS DIFFER ONLY IN SLIGHT REVISIONS, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF MINOR DELETIONS OR *COMPRESSIONS* TO ACHIEVE A TIGHTER STYLE." QUARTER BOUND IN BLACK CLOTH COVERED… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Purple Cloud
by Shiel, M. P
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1986
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780850316254
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Evesham, Worcestershire, GBR
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£5.00
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Allison & Busby, 1986. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
£5.00