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Wallace (Edgar) Planetoid 127
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London, Readers Library ‘Crime Series’, [1929].
First edition. Small 8vo. Original gilt-tooled red cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive copy and edition of these two Wallace tales, here published in book-form for the first time. Although attached to the Readers Library Crime Series, the first tale is decidedly Science Fiction. Uncommon thus.
In stock
Usual toning to text-block due to cheapness of paper; gilt a little dulled in places; jacket slightly worn at corners, but overall VG+.
Wrap-around jacket artwork.
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