A NEW EARTH AND A NEW HEAVEN
by Hill, William Boyle
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: C.A. Watts & Co., Limited, 1936. First Edition. Discussion-filled novel in the style of a travelogue which includes a visit to an ideal community, Hopetown, and one to 'Dawn City,' a scientifically advanced hidden city in Australia, developed by 17th century colonists, whose attainments include communication with Mars" (Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.112); Bleiler (1978 ed), p.100. Scarce; OCLC notes a scant 7 holdings in U.S. institutions. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],312pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, top edge dust-soiled, else clean throughout; Near Fine. Dustjacket measures 1/8" taller than the book; price-clipped, lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned, with a few short tears and attendant creases, and some shallow loss to spine ends; Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3033
- Title
- A NEW EARTH AND A NEW HEAVEN
- Author
- Hill, William Boyle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C.A. Watts & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.