Tourmalin'sTime Cheques by F. Anstey - 2009-06-04

MP3 Audio CD. Tourmalin’s Time Cheques CHAPTER I. Tourmalin's First Cheque, and How he Took It. Fidelity Rewarded.--Love's Catechism.--Brain-fag.--A Timely Recollection.--The Experiment, and some Startling Results.--Question Time.--"Dear Friends."--A Compromise. Peter Tourmalin's probation was at an end, and, what was more, he had come through the ordeal triumphantly. How he managed this, he scarcely knew; no doubt he was aided by the consciousness that the extra hours which he felt himself most liable to mis-spend had been placed beyond his disposal. At all events, when he met Sophia again, he had been able to convince her that her doubts of his constancy, even under the most trying conditions, were entirely undeserved. Now he was receiving his recompense: his engagement to Sophia was no longer conditional, but a recognised and irrevocable fact. It is superfluous to say that he was happy. Sophia had set herself to repair the deficiencies in his education and culture; she took him… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Tourmalin’s Time Cheques CHAPTER I. Tourmalin's First Cheque, and How he Took It. Fidelity Rewarded.--Love's Catechism.--Brain-fag.--A Timely Recollection.--The Experiment, and some Startling Results.--Question Time.--"Dear Friends."--A Compromise. Peter Tourmalin's probation was at an end, and, what was more, he had come through the ordeal triumphantly. How he managed this, he scarcely knew; no doubt he was aided by the consciousness that the extra hours which he felt himself most liable to mis-spend had been placed beyond his disposal. At all events, when he met Sophia again, he had been able to convince her that her doubts of his constancy, even under the most trying conditions, were entirely undeserved. Now he was receiving his recompense: his engagement to Sophia was no longer conditional, but a recognised and irrevocable fact. It is superfluous to say that he was happy. Sophia had set herself to repair the deficiencies in his education and culture; she took him… Read More

Greenhill Books, Hertfordshire, England, 1986. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 173pp., illustrated dustwrapper which has several spots on the underside. Previous owner's name stamp on the FFEP. Pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. This is a facsimile, first published in 1885. Humorous fantasy novel wherein the hero, having deposited unwanted time with the Anglo-Australian Joint Stock Time Bank, Limited, makes future withdrawals on demand. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 0200452. .

Hertfordshire: Greenhill Books, 1986. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block is faintly marked. Otherwise, almost as new. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

New.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Greenhill, 1986. 1st Greenhill edition, first published in 1885. This late Victorian novel about time travel is just about everything you’d hope for from an actual late Victorian novel about time travel. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.