THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME
by Cummings, Ray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good to near fine copy, light fade to spine panel, light shelf wear to spine ends. (7739)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. First edition. A very good to near fine copy, light fade to spine panel, light shelf wear to spine ends. (7739). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-351 [352-358: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Travel by time machine to earth's far future. "The Man Who Mastered Time completes the trilogy of my tales of Matter, Space, and Time [The Girl in the Golden Atom and The Fire People dealing with the first two matters, respectively]." - Ray Cummings (from foreword to a later appearance in Famous Fantastic Mysteries). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-24. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 516. Clareson, Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 226.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7739
- Title
- THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME
- Author
- Cummings, Ray
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good to near fine copy, light fade to spine panel, light shelf wear to spine ends. (7739)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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