The Wizard of the Island; or, the Vindication of Prof. Waldinger
Language: English
Published by Winger Publishing Co, Chicago, 1917
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
AbeBooks seller since August 25, 1999
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 330.00
Quantity: 1 available
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160 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Almost No Wear At All, Spine Cloth And Adjacent 1 1/2" Of Front Cover Sunned, Spine Gilt Dulled But All There And Quite Clear, Cover Gilt Bright. Inscribed "Compliments And Best Wishes Of Yours Truly F. S. Winger 7/13-1929". No Other Names Or Marks, Lacking Dust Jacket If There Was One. Frank Stover Winger (1865-1936), Son Of The Founder Of The Stover Manufacturing Company Of Freeport, Illinois, Was Author Of The Wizard Of The Island, Or The Vindication Of Prof. Waldinger (1917). Frank Stover Winger's Novel, A Jules Vernian Story Of Super-Science Set In The South Seas. His Daughter, Clare Winger Harris (1891-1966, Pasadena, Ca), Wife Of An Engineer, Is Credited As Being The First Woman To Write Science Fiction For An American Magazine Under Her Own Name, As Clare Winger Harris. Her First Published Story, "A Runaway World," Appeared In Weird Tales In July 1926. Her First Story For An Out-And-Out Science Fiction Magazine Was "The Fate Of The Poseidonia," Published In Amazing Stories Less Than A Year Later, In June 1927.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Wizard of the Island; or, the Vindication of Prof. Waldinger
- Author
- Winger, F. S.
- Publisher
- Winger Publishing Co, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1917
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Red Cloth, Gilt
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece
- Edition
- First Edition [stated]
- Seller catalogs
- Childrens Books 1901-1950, Literature: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Utopian
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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