The Forbidden Garden: A Novel of Science, Mystery and Adventure
by Taine, John (Eric Temple Bell)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Reading: Fantasy Press 1947 Hardcover. First edition. Trade issue. Orange brown cloth with gold gilt spine lettering/decoartion, 278 pages, illustrated, including pictorial endpapers. Very good copy with minor spine heel bumping, light dust soiling to page edges, in Very Good jacket, worn/torn/minutely chipped at the spine ends with clear tape to the head, scattered creasing and rubbing, and with a few small spots of wear to the body of the spine. See photos clphE
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 866618
- Title
- The Forbidden Garden
- Author
- Taine, John (Eric Temple Bell)
- Illustrator
- A. J. Donnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 278
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE, FICTION, MYSTERY, ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure;
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Heel
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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