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Author: London, Jack
Title: Before Adam
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Macmillan and Co.
Date Published: 1907
Description:

vii, [1], 242 + [4] ad pp. Color frontispiece and 7 color plates by Charles Livingston Bull, double-page inserted map. (8vo) original pictorial brown cloth. First Edition.

London's first foray into science-fiction, a novel of prehistoric life. BAL 11903; Sisson & Martens, p. 33.

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Spine sunned, light wear; light foxing to frontis and title page; very good.

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London's First Sci-Fi Novel

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SKU: 119509679
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