The Croquet Player

Extended Description and Notes

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary : "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh. Georgie, a gentleman with 'soft hands and an ineffective will,' is dependent on his wealthy aunt, Miss Frobisher. He is 'refreshingly unimaginative'. Croquet is his and his aunt's ,especial gift and he and his aunt play often as they 'move about a lot.' 'While relaxing one summer day on a terrace at Les Noupets in Normandy, Georgie strikes up a conversation with an English doctor named Dr. Finchatton, who tells him his life story. It seems The good Doctor feels that time is a bit out of kilter in the quiet English district of Cainsmarsh, nudged by some malign influence associated with the evil influence of grisly ghosts of a tribe of cave men whose graves have been defiled by local archaeologists and naturalists."

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

733WellsCroquet

Title

The Croquet Player

Author

Wells, H.G

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Jacket Condition

Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First American Edition

Publisher

The Viking Press

Place of Publication

NY

Date Published

1937

Pages

98

Size

5 1/4 X 8 1/2

Weight

0.00

Keywords

Horror, Time Travel, Anthropology, Archaeology, Occult, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Evolution, Evolved, Civilization, Anglophilia, War of the Worlds, Cainsmarsh, Mystery, Ghosts, Cavemen, Neanderthal, Dr. Finchatton, Evil, Malign, Naturalist, Cainsmarsh,

Bookseller catalogs

For Sale; Mystery; Anglophilia; Science Fiction; Archaeology; Adventure; Fantasy; Nature; Social Sciences; Anthropology; PSYCHOLOGY; Fiction; Dust Jacket; Folk Lore; Mythology; Novel;

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A.N.

The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...