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London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1903. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark plum boards (blue cover & spine), gilt title spine, small embossed circle rear cover, two black & white illustrations (includes frontispiece with tissue guard), decorative endpapers, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, light foxing (tissue guard, edges, endpapers, title page, few small spots pages), spine ends little creased, cover corners little bumped, spine & rear board little marked, boards little faded, front & rear hinge slightly split (pages firm), owner's name label inside front cover, non-author written dedication flyleaf. 230 pp. This unusual British science fiction and historical crime fiction novel is set in London in 1903. The story is about a Russo-French coalition and their invention of a death machine (ray gun) that threatens Britain. A young man named Fred is the main character. (Pseudonym of John Adams. Listed in both Bleiler and Hubin.).
A FORTUNE FROM THE SKY. by KUPPORD, Skelton" - [ADAMS, Sir John, 1857-1934] :
by KUPPORD, Skelton" - [ADAMS, Sir John, 1857-1934] :
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A FORTUNE FROM THE SKY.
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London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1903 [but 1902]. First edition. A laser-like ray for sky-writing in letters of flame doubles as a death-ray - a joint Russo-French coalition delivers an ultimatum to England. "It is all due to the machine, which is found to have the power to kill every living thing in the world" (London Evening Standard, 21st November 1902). "The death count of this Future [1909] War is unusually high" (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). Crown 8vo (19cm). 230,[ii]pp. Frontispiece and extra pictorial title. Original pictorial cloth; some minor rubbing; some mild spotting of edges, but still a very good copy. Sunday School prize label dated Xmas 1903 on front pastedown, made out to Harry Morehen (1895-1953), son of a Gloucester hairdresser, for regular attendance and good conduct - signed by local vicar Enoch Brooke Bradley (1854-1945).
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A Fortune from the Sky
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 230pp. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in white and gold, tissued frontispiece. Two names and toning to front endpapers, scattered foxing throughout, tips and spine ends worn, decorations and lettering faded. About very good. In Bleiler, 1978, p. 117.; Octavo.
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London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1903 First Edition cr.8vo 230pp, 1903 VG original illustrated blue cloth, slightly dulled, edges rubbed, decorative end-papers, slight foxing to prelims, b&w frontis. illustration with tissue guard, two title pages, one illustrated. Early death ray novel.
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