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Five Macmillan Company Books, including: Alice Brown. The Wind Between the Worlds. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Published June 1920. Octavo. 258 pages. Publisher's green boards with the spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing and discoloration to the jacket, sunned spine, some tiny closed tears to the jacket edges, pencil notations to the back pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. American novelist Alice Brown (1856 - 1948) explores the life after death and the communication with the dead through this intriguing novel. [and:] Harrington Hext. Number 87. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Published February, 1922. Octavo. vi, 255 pages. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover ruled in blind-stamp. The spine is lettered and ruled in gilt. Illustrated yellow dust jacket. Very minor bumping to the bottom corners, some rubbing to the jacket covers, sunned jacket spine, some tears to the head and foot of the jacket spine and the corners, small tear to the middle of the jacket spine, small notations on the front endpapers and the rear free endpaper. Altogether a good copy. English novelist Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) utilized the pseudonym Harrington Hext for this fantasy novel and many other works. [and:] Vaughan Wilkins. The City of Frozen Fire. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. First printing. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth covers with the spine lettered in maroon. Dust jacket with a watercolor by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Front endpapers illustrated. Some rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small tears to the jacket edges, very light bumping to the corners, price clipped, small notation in blue on the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. English historical novelist William Vaughan Wilkins (1890 - 1959) authored this work this adventurous tale about the recovery of the mysterious land of Quivera against the deadly adversary Captain Darkness. [and:] Marjorie Hope Nicolson. Voyages to the Moon. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First printing. Octavo. 297 pages. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's brick red boards with the spine lettered in silver. Illustrated dust jacket deigned by Ronald Clyne. Some rubbing to the jacket, sunned jacket spine, small closed tears and wrinkling to the jacket edges, small notation on the front free endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1894 - 1981) received the Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1971 for her works which bridged a relationship between science and literature. In this work she traces the history of cosmic speculation, focusing upon the rapidity in which the authors respond to scientific discoveries. [and:] Bernard Newman. The Flying Saucer. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First printing. Octavo. 250 pages. Publisher's red weave textured boards with the front cover and spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Slight rubbing to the jacket, slightly sunned jacket spine, some cutting to the front jacket flap. Altogether a very good copy. Bernard Newman, prolific author, traveler, speaker, and interpreter, penned this satirical novel which posits the idea that the only situation in which the world would unite would be the threat of Martian invasion.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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