THE TIME STREAM

Taine, John (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)

Published by Buffalo Book Company and G.H.E., [Providence, Rhode Island], 1946

About this Item

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1000 copies were printed but only 500 were bound, many of which were ruined by a rainstorm. One of Bell's earliest works of speculative fiction, written ten years before it was published as a three-part serial in WONDER STORIES, December 1931 - February 1932. A complex novel of time travel, "one of the best SF novels of its period; the difficulty Bell had in getting it into print . is illustrative of the inhospitality of the contemporary marketplace to intellectually guided speculation." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1119. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-107; (1987) 2-118; (1995) 2-118; and (2004) II-1119. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. In 333. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 215. Donald A. Wollheim ink-stamp on rear free endpaper, touch of asphaltic residue from old dust jacket protector at bottom edges of front and rear free endpapers, else a fine copy in about very good dust jacket with age-darkening to spine panel, several closed tears, tiny chip from upper front corner tip, and some dust soiling, mainly to spine panel and along flap folds. (#72959). Seller Inventory # 72959

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE TIME STREAM

Publisher: Buffalo Book Company and G.H.E., [Providence, Rhode Island]

Publication Date: 1946

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition