Mists of Dawn
by Oliver, Chad
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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About This Item
John C. Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first edition is toned along edges of covers and pages and to ffep. Unclipped jacket has light wear to edges and spine ends. Inscribed by Oliver to half-title page. Laid in is a letter from Oliver to a collector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Mists of Dawn is a juvenile science fiction novel by science fiction writer and anthropologist Chad Oliver first published in 1952 by John C. Winston, Co. as a part of the Winston Science Fiction series of juvenile novels. The story follows the adventures of adolescent Mark Nye when he is accidentally transported to the stone age by his uncle's time machine. It includes a factual foreword on the science of anthropology and how Oliver uses this science in the telling of his story.
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47287
- Title
- Mists of Dawn
- Author
- Oliver, Chad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Date Published
- 1952
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