Based on the short story entitled "The Man Who Could Work Miracles." Blue cloth covers, vii + 109 pages. A little darkening along top edge of covers. Offset browning on endpapers. Dust jacket faded on spine, price clipped (although there is a stamped price of $1.35 on bottom of front flap.) "When George McWhirter Fotheringay--a common-place, pale-faced young man, assistant in the English country town of Dewhinton--discovers one evening in the bar of the Long Dragon Inn that he can make a lamp turn upside down and go on burning, a new world opens before him." 120506A. Seller Inventory # 000015253

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Bibliographic Details

Title: MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES. A Film.

Publisher: The Macmillan Co., New York

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: good +

Store Description

Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.

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Alkahest Books
IL, U.S.A.

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All items are subject to prior sale. You may order or inquire about books by
phone or e-mail; but my store
hours are currently irregular, so e-mail is more reliable than phone. Payment
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Books may be returned within ten days for any reason, if prior notice is given.
Alkahest Books is a sole proprietorship, whose owner is Patricia Martinak,
located at 545 Juneberry Rd. Riverwoods, IL 60015. email is:
alkahestbooks@toast.net. Phone: 847-236-1154

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