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S. Fowler Wright. Six Novels, including:... (Total: 6 Items)
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S. Fowler Wright. Six Novels, including: The Witchfinder. London: Books of Today Limited, [1945]. Sixteenmo. 218 pages. Publisher's red cloth covers with the spine lettered in black. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, one small portion of the front of the jacket is missing, some very minor bumping to the covers. Altogether a very good copy. Sydney Fowler Wright (1874 - 1965), editor, poet, science fiction and mystery author also wrote under the pen names of Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave. This petite book is a collection of some of his short stories. [and:] Spiders' War: A Fantasy Novel. New York: Abelard Press, [1954]. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's tan textured boards with the spine lettered in black. Black illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the foot of the spine. Altogether a near fine copy. This work represents the author's final new novel published during his lifetime. [and:] Deluge: A Romance. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, MCMXXVIII [1928]. First edition. octavo. 395 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth covers with the front cover ands pine lettered in green. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket some sunning to the spine, some discoloration to the edges of the jacket, very tiny closed tears to the edges of the jacket, stray mark on the front pastedown endpaper. Altogether a very good copy. This futuristic romance focused around a devastating flood was originally published by Fowler Wright in 1927. [and:] The Island of Captain Sparrow. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. Octavo. 296 [297] pages. Publisher's green cloth covers with the front cover ruled and illustrated in yellow. The spine is lettered in yellow. Illustrated dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some bumping to the corners, some small closed tears and chips to the edges of the jacket, spine of the jacket is sunned. Altogether a very good copy. Wright's tantalizing adventure tale set upon an uncharted Pacific island was originally published in London by Victor Gollancz in 1928. [and:] Elfwin: A Romance of History. New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. First edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Publisher's black board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in red. Top edge red. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners, minor sunning to the spine. Altogether a very good copy. This novel was first published in London, Bombay, and Sydney by the George G. Harrap & Company in 1930. [and:] The Island of Captain Sparrow. Foreword by Groff Conklin. New York: Grossett & Dunlap Publishers, [1950]. Octavo. 296 [297] pages. Publisher's peach board covers with the front cover and spine lettered in dark peach. Illustrated dust jackets. Top edges red. Some sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Wright's science fantasy based upon an uncharted Pacific island, was originally published in London by Victor Gollancz in 1928.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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