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The Purple Cloud
M.P. Shiel
Chatto & Windus, London · 1901
First Edition. Extremely scarce first edition of Shiel's most important novel, generally considered to be one of the (if not THE) best Last Man on Earth novels. Original illustrated green cloth, with bearded man about to be engulfed by the eponymous cloud of gas.
Title page in black and red, top edges gilt, catalogue at rear dated May 1901 (earliest issue). Sun fading and slight loss to head and tail of spine, now neatly restored with period cloth. Insect nibbles to last few pages of catalogue.
Rear endpapers replaced with 100 year old paper. Occasional foxing and signs of handling. However, a perfectly sound copy of a book rarely encountered in decent shape.
Written by Dr Jeremy Parrott, who has the book in his hands. Nothing here is generated from a catalogue record.
Bibliographic detail
| Author | Shiel, M.P. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus, London |
| Date | 1901 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good |
| Stock reference | ab_13632734965 |