Children of the Wind By M. P. Shiel British writer of West Indian descent. He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances, published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our ...
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Children of the Wind By M. P. Shiel British writer of West Indian descent. He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances, published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Good+ No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Good+ hardcover. Pages are lightly tanned with light soil to page edges. Lavender boards have bumped corners, light general wear, fading to spine and wear to spine ends. Spine is very lightly cocked. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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VG+/NONE. OTHER THAN AN ABRASION AT THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT SPINE EDGE, SLIGHT DARKENING TO THE SPINE, AND SOME INCONSPICUOUS COLOR FADING AT THE BOTTOM FORE-EDGE CORNER, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY.
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pp. 306., 8vo, Bound in original pale lilac cloth. No dust jacket, Extremities of boards rubbed. Some light soiling to cloth and foredge. Contents clean and tight: good+ to very good condition.
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Good+ with no dust jacket; Ink & light foxing front endpaper. Top corner slightly bumped throughout. Spine ends bumped, light crease to spine. A novel of African adventure.; 12mo; 306 pages.
