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THE MASTER
by White, T. H
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Near fine.. First edition of this sf adventure story - beautifully bound, likely for presentation, with a pencil annotation at the rear noting "From the library of Michael Howard," one of White's editors at Jonathan Cape, who was best known for working with Ian Fleming. Twins Nicky and Judy and their dog Jokey find themselves marooned on an island with the psychic MASTER and his henchmen. In turns hyperbolic, absurd, suspenseful, T. H. White's THE MASTER is somewhat of a science fiction complement to his earlier ONCE AND FUTURE KING. John Clute and Peter Nicholls describe White's SF as "sharing the sentimentality, satirical power, sadness, longing for retrospective havens, manic humor and compassion of his best fantasy."
A charming adventure story, in an attractive fine binding. 7.5'' x 5''. Navy blue goatskin binding with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Gilt tooled dentelles. Blue Cockerell marbled endpapers. Cartographic illustration to rear. 256 pages. Sunning to spine, a touch of toning to margins of endpapers. Bright and sharp.
A charming adventure story, in an attractive fine binding. 7.5'' x 5''. Navy blue goatskin binding with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Gilt tooled dentelles. Blue Cockerell marbled endpapers. Cartographic illustration to rear. 256 pages. Sunning to spine, a touch of toning to margins of endpapers. Bright and sharp.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44525
- Title
- THE MASTER
- Author
- White, T. H
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- 20th century,1950s,English & British,Adventure Fiction,Science Fiction
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine Binding
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