Hephaestus or the Soul of The Machine

Published by London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1925]

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Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

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FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.90; [6], blank; [8], ads. Publisher's brown hardcovers with printed title labels. Contents clean, some rubbing to covers. Very good. A scarce book. Hephaestus is the god of fire, the incarnation of the machine-age of today. The book explores the notion of absolute power and world domination, such themes being prevalent throughout the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming, whose own signed copy was sold by this firm in 2009 (and recently returned to stock). This particular example is from the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.617.

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Title
Hephaestus or the Soul of The Machine
Author
[James Bond source book] D'ALBE, E.E. Fournier (1868-1933)
Publisher
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1925]
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Edition
First Edition.
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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk

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