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THE EXILE
by Johnston, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Abrasions to front paste down along inner hinge, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several tiny edge nicks, a t
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. First edition. Abrasions to front paste down along inner hinge, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several tiny edge nicks, a tiny tear to upper front panel, 14 mm closed tear with abrasion at lower left front panel, shallow loss along upper spine end, shallow chips to lower spine end. (25512). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-3] 4-276 [277-278: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], title page printed in red and black, original small pebbled black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. "...in the indefinite Near Future, a great but unidentified country falls prey to a dictatorship; resisters, including the protagonist, are exiled to Eldorado Island (see Islands), which he remembers, mysteriously, from three centuries previous." - SFE online. "A Utopian fantasy of an island refuge for political exiles in an age of war." - Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1939. Mary Johnston (1870-1936) is notable for not only being a best selling author during her time but is also credited with having written one of the first feminist novels, HAGAR (1913) some of which covers the early days of women's rights. Johnston was also involved in women's suffrage. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Bleiler (1978), p. 110. Reginald 07937.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25512
- Title
- THE EXILE
- Author
- Johnston, Mary
- Book Condition
- Used - Abrasions to front paste down along inner hinge, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several tiny edge nicks, a t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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