His Level Best, and Other Stories by Edward E. Hale (First Edition)
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His Level Best, and Other Stories by Edward E. Hale (First Edition)
$500.00 USD
His Level Best, and Other Stories by Edward E. Hale (First Edition)
Authors: Edward E. Hale
Location: Boston
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Date: 1873
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1873; 'entered... in the year 1872 by...' and imprint of University Press; Welch, Bigelow, & Co' on the copyright page. Green cloth variant of the first edition. Also, in similarly styled brown cloth, priority, if any, is not known. Gilt lettering to the spine; brown endpapers. 293 pp. "Mixed collection of eight stories: 'His Level Best'; 'The Brick Moon' (the construction of an artificial satellite, its projection into orbit by a contrivance of fly-wheels and life aboard the satellite the first book appearance of a minor classic of 19th century SF); 'Water Talk'; 'Mouse and Lion'; 'The Modern Sinbad' (travelogue); 'A Tale of a Salamander' (story of the supernatural) and 'The Queen of California' (an excerpt from the Spanish Romance of 1510 called 'Sergas of Esplandian,' translated by Hale, and which qualifies as a medieval lost race story of the discover of the 'island of California') - Lock, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 102
Book Condition: Very Good+: A firm copy with mild wear to spine, spine edges and corners. Light foxing to flyleaves. Clean pages.
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Authors: Edward E. Hale
Location: Boston
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Date: 1873
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1873; 'entered... in the year 1872 by...' and imprint of University Press; Welch, Bigelow, & Co' on the copyright page. Green cloth variant of the first edition. Also, in similarly styled brown cloth, priority, if any, is not known. Gilt lettering to the spine; brown endpapers. 293 pp. "Mixed collection of eight stories: 'His Level Best'; 'The Brick Moon' (the construction of an artificial satellite, its projection into orbit by a contrivance of fly-wheels and life aboard the satellite the first book appearance of a minor classic of 19th century SF); 'Water Talk'; 'Mouse and Lion'; 'The Modern Sinbad' (travelogue); 'A Tale of a Salamander' (story of the supernatural) and 'The Queen of California' (an excerpt from the Spanish Romance of 1510 called 'Sergas of Esplandian,' translated by Hale, and which qualifies as a medieval lost race story of the discover of the 'island of California') - Lock, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 102
Book Condition: Very Good+: A firm copy with mild wear to spine, spine edges and corners. Light foxing to flyleaves. Clean pages.
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