Lan Stormont (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Exposition Press, New York 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, EUGENE, U.S.A.Aardvark Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 232.51
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First Edition. Octavo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2." pp. 471. Original illustrated dust jacket in protective mylar. Mild wear to edges, top and bottom spine of DJ; some mild sunning to rear cover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding sound. Interior pages very clean and unmarked. Excel…lent copy. The Canadian inventor and entrepreneur Frank Morse Robb authored Tan Ming under the pseudonymn Lan Stormont (Wikipedia). The novel follows a display artist in a department store who falls in love with a mannequin he names Sheba. Through a magical spell, Sheba comes to life as Tan Ming. The story takes place in a "world gone mad with abuse of atomic power" (rear flap). At once fantasy and satire, the author "wields a powerful pen when he writes of the strange land laid waste by atomic blasts.in this bizarre world there is no science, no clocks, no calendars" (rear flap). Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket.
Language: English
- Hardcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 482. A perfect gift… for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 482.
More imagesPublished by Exposition Press / Banner Book, New York 1955
- First Edition
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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£ 172.66
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Exposition Press / A Banner Book, 1955. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); 471pp. Light shelf wear, rear jacket panel rather soiled and author biography neatly but inexplicably die-cut out, e…lse a Near Fine copy in Very Good, if compellingly defective dust jacket. The Canadian inventor's only foray into science fiction, a post-nuclear apocalyptic dystopia playing perfectly to Cold War-era anxieties.
