The Story of AB. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man.
de Waterloo, Stanley
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. Undetermined. very good. 3rd Edition. [ix], 351pp. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with yellow and red letter and decoration on front, back and spine. Very slight bowing to boards with a small amount of professional restoration done to spine. B/W illustrated map frontis with many B/W illustrated plates through out. Clean pages. A few small spots in endpapers have been professionally repaired. Long outer and bottom edge of text block untrimmed. Top edge gilt. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front free fly. A nice copy. very good Inscription reads "To W. B. Parker, with the warmest regards of Stanley Waterloo, Chicago, July 14th 1898". This is Waterloo's most famous work. It was followed by a story by Jack London, "Before Adam", which was so similar to Waterloo's novel that Waterloo accused London of plagiarism. London denied this, explaining that his story was in the nature of a commentary on Waterloo's work. 1897
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- Aquila Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 135233
- Título
- The Story of AB. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man.
- Autor
- Waterloo, Stanley
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Way & Williams
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1897
- Palabras clave
- American Literature|Cave Man|Inscribed|Literature|Signed|Waterloo, Stanley
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