THE ABYSS OF WONDERS
by Sheehan, Perley Poore
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Without dust jacket as issued.
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Reading, PA: Polaris Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Without dust jacket as issued.. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo.190pp. This is no.10 of 10 Special Editions bound in half-leather. (Clearly states special edition, but looks as though it was re-numbered, light spot of paper under the hand-written"10"). Total edition limited to 1500 copies. Illustrated by John T. Brooks; Introduction by P. Schuyler Miller. Second and final book of the Polaris Press. Housed in paper-coverd slipcase that has light wear and fading. Advanced civilization in the Gobi Desert.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SF248
- Title
- THE ABYSS OF WONDERS
- Author
- Sheehan, Perley Poore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Without dust jacket as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Polaris Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading, PA
- Date Published
- 1953
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Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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