Saurus by Phillpotts Eden (15 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. reprint of 1938 1st edition; 281clean, unmarked pages.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Writing on front board.

Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Text offset from that of the 1938 John Murray edition. "A spaceship from another world contains an egg that hatches into an intelligent lizard. This was the first story that attempted to use an alien visitor as an objective observer to comment on the state of contemporary human civilization, and is rather more sympathetic than most work in this vein." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-98. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-81; (1987) 2-90; and (2004) II-850. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 73. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 176. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 271-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1866-70. Bleiler (1978), p. 158. Reginald 11489. Lower corner tips bruised, a nearly fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#176702).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Saurus by Eden Phillpotts (First Edition) A firm copy. Slight lean. Two small red spots and a wrinkle to cover. Faded spine. No jacket present. Stated First Edition. BOOK.

near fine edge soiling.

first edition. very good some spine fading, greenish binding.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Defective DW. 1st Edition. Green cloth lettered on spine and front cover. Otherwise clean entire DW (priced 7/6 on front flap) has significant loss around join of spine and front cover (only marginally affecting front cover). Fold of rear flap has minor loss. Rees (DW) (illustrator). …

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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 281p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-281 [282: blank] [283: biographical note on Phillpotts] [284-286: ads] [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first binding. "A spaceship from another world contains an egg that hatches into an intelligent lizard. This was the first story that attempted to use an alien visitor as an objective observer to comment on the state of contemporary human civilization, and is rather more sympathetic than most work in this vein." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-98. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-81; (1987) 2-90; and (2004) II-850. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 73. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 176. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 271-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1866-70. Bleiler (1978), p. 158. Reginald 11489. A bright, very good copy in very good 7/6 four-color pictorial dust jacket with some wear at edges, mainly spine ends and corner tips, and several closed edge tears, several with associated wrinkles. Publisher's printed "Author's Compliments" slip laid in. An attractive copy. (#95585).…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 281p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

First edition, later binding. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-281 [282: blank] [283: biographical note on Phillpotts] [284-286: ads] [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original light brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in dark brown. "A spaceship from another world contains an egg that hatches into an intelligent lizard. This was the first story that attempted to use an alien visitor as an objective observer to comment on the state of contemporary human civilization, and is rather more sympathetic than most work in this vein." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-98. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-81; (1987) 2-90; and (2004) II-850. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 73. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 176. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 271-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1866-70. Bleiler (1978), p. 158. Reginald 11489]. A very good to nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends, tiny 8 mm closed tear to upper front panel. (25514).…

First edition, first binding. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-281 [282: blank] [283: biographical note on Phillpotts] [284-286: ads] [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. "A spaceship from another world contains an egg that hatches into an intelligent lizard. This was the first story that attempted to use an alien visitor as an objective observer to comment on the state of contemporary human civilization, and is rather more sympathetic than most work in this vein." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-98. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-81; (1987) 2-90; and (2004) II-850. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 73. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 176. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 271-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1866-70. Bleiler (1978), p. 158. Reginald 11489]. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to corner tips and spine ends, 11 mm closed tear at head of spine panel. Slip laid in "With the Author's Compliments." (25515).…