Life & Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel
Ralph Morris
£75.00
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Book Details:
Publisher:Robert Holden
Published Date:30th November -0001
Binding:Hardback
Condition:VeryGood
Notes:ADVENTURES OF JOHN DANIEL. London: Robert Holden & Co. Ltd., 1926. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-ix [x] xi-xv [xvi] 1-276, five inserted plates, original light blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. Later edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies (this copy not numbered). This edition, issued as volume one of "The Library of Impostors," follows the text of the rare first edition of 1751 and adds a 5-page historical and biographical "introduction" by N. M. Penzer. An early imaginary voyage that includes a trip to the Moon by flying machine. No dust jacket; creasing to boards