doctor fogg de matson norman (10 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. No jacket, if issued. Pages/boards clean.

hardcover. Etat : Fair. Blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, 165 pages. Fair condition: cover spotted, hinges split, former library markings, but clean contents."The sloop, Philomena Silva, Herring Island's only communication with the mainland of New England, early in November brought usual cargo and one passenger, a tall man of about forty whose melancholy expression was accented by black-rimmed spectacles. He was Dr. Metzger Fogg, an inventor of Chicago.".

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. First Thus. 1st UK printing, undated [1929]. Black cloth lettered in gold on spine. Spine lean; top edge a little soiled; previous owner's name and date (1930) on ffep; endpapers darkening in gutters; dj darkened and lightly chipped with a couple of closed tears. Less common than US edition.

Hardcover. Etat : nf. Etat de la jaquette : vg.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. None (illustrateur). First edition. The very scarce first UK edition of this thrilling science fiction novel by American author Norman Matson. The very scarce first UK edition, first impression, published the year after the US first edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Billed as a 'science fiction satire of communication with other planets' and as an 'interstellar communication fantasy' this is a wonderful work of early twentieth century science fiction.Former owner's inscription of Bernard Green to title page and to head of first page of Chapter 1. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Bump to back strip head. Significant spotting to dust wrapper wrap perimeters, most concentrated to rear wrap. Light chipping to back strip head and tail. Small closed tear to head of front wrap. Small tape repair to dust wrapper reverse at tail of front flyleaf fold. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page and head of Chapter 1 first page. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.

Original Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Very light spotting to bright covers; jacket slightly chipped along edges.

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-165 [166-170: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Science fiction satire of communication with other planets. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-65; (1987) 2-71; and (2004) II-722. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1457. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 153. Bleiler (1978), p. 136. Reginald 09816. Macmillan of Canada's file copy with their bookplate affixed to front paste-down and review slip laid in. A bright, near fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket with light wear at head and tail of spine panel and several corner tips and shallow loss to short section along front flap fold. A nice copy. (#87126).

First Edition. Fine bright copy with silver gilt-stamping to spine and front board gleaming in a very good or better slightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and a faint bit of darkening to the spine. The front panel of the dust jacket is illustrated with a whimsical graphic image of three people astride what appear to be swirling comets in a celestial background. The story of a scientist named Dr. Fogg whose experiments with various radio inventions produce a girl from another planet.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First edition. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Lovely cover art. The spine of the jacket is just slightly darker than the front panel. Some minor closed tears, else fine. The jacket appears to have been price clipped but another printed price, $2.00, is present. Listed in Bleiler, The Early Years, p. 484-85. Near Fine / Near Fine.

First Edition. "Doctor Fogg experimented in Chicago with his new radio inventions and produced a girl from another planet". Near Fine in Very Good spine darkened dustjacket, shallow chipping to top spine end area.