Author: ARNOLD, EDWIN LESTER
Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. New Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has a previous owner's inked name and book plate on the front endpaper (Charles Haynes Mason). Illustrated with 15 illustrations by H. M. Paget. "Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (14 May 1857 – 1 March 1935) was an English author. Most of his works were issued under his working name of Edwin Lester Arnold. Arnold was born in Swanscombe, Kent, as son of Sir Edwin Arnold. Most of his childhood was spent in India, but he returned to England to study agriculture and ornithology. He became a journalist in 1883, and published his first books A Holiday In Scandinavia (1877) and Bird Life In England (1887) before writing his first novel The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician, the adventures of a warrior who goes in and out of an unexplained state of suspended animation in order to be a witness to invasions or attempted invasions of England. Phra was first published in 24 parts in the prestigious Illustrated London News, and later published in book form in the United States and the United Kingdom.". Very Good .
Keywords: Science Fiction Edwin Lester Arnold Phoenicians Suspended Animation Historical Fiction Invasion Of England Science Fiction
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Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. New Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners and spine joints of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has a previous owner's inked name and book plate on the front endpaper (Charles Haynes Mason). Illustrated with 15 illustrations by H. M. Paget. "Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (14 May 1857 – 1 March 1935) was an English author. Most of his works were issued under his working name of Edwin Lester Arnold. Arnold was born in Swanscombe, Kent, as son of Sir Edwin Arnold. Most of his childhood was spent in India, but he returned to England to study agriculture and ornithology. He became a journalist in 1883, and published his first books A Holiday In Scandinavia (1877) and Bird Life In England (1887) before writing his first novel The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician, the adventures of a warrior who goes in and out of an unexplained state of suspended animation in order to be a witness to invasions or attempted invasions of England. Phra was first published in 24 parts in the prestigious Illustrated London News, and later published in book form in the United States and the United Kingdom.". Very Good .
Keywords: Science Fiction Edwin Lester Arnold Phoenicians Suspended Animation Historical Fiction Invasion Of England Science Fiction
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 35280
- Book number: 35280
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