A Fortune from the Sky.
de Kuppord, Skelton
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London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1903. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark plum boards (blue cover & spine), gilt title spine, small embossed circle rear cover, two black & white illustrations (includes frontispiece with tissue guard), decorative endpapers, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, light foxing (tissue guard, edges, endpapers, title page, few small spots pages), spine ends little creased, cover corners little bumped, spine & rear board little marked, boards little faded, front & rear hinge slightly split (pages firm), owner's name label inside front cover, non-author written dedication flyleaf. 230 pp. This unusual British science fiction and historical crime fiction novel is set in London in 1903. The story is about a Russo-French coalition and their invention of a death machine (ray gun) that threatens Britain. A young man named Fred is the main character. (Pseudonym of John Adams. Listed in both Bleiler and Hubin.).
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- Bookhome Sydney
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- Título
- A Fortune from the Sky.
- Autor
- Kuppord, Skelton
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st ed.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Thomas Nelson & Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
- Palabras clave
- science fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction, military, britain, london, europe, france, russia, collectible, collectable, first edition
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
Sobre Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
