Author: COBLENTZ, STANTON A.
Title: The Wonder Stick
Description: New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by S. Glanckoff. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. First Trade Edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The book covers have several spots of discoloration and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author on the half title page. There is a previous owner's inked name and gift notation on the front endpaper. "Stanton Arthur Coblentz (August 24, 1896 – September 6, 1982) was an American author and poet. He received a Master's Degree in English literature and then began publishing poetry during the early 1920s. His first published science fiction was The Sunken World, a satire about Atlantis, in Amazing Stories Quarterly for July, 1928. The next year, he published his first novel, The Wonder Stick. But poetry and history were his greatest strengths. Coblentz tended to write satirically. He also wrote books of literary criticism and nonfiction concerning historical subjects. Adventures of a Freelancer: The Literary Exploits and Autobiography of Stanton A. Coblentz was published the year after his death." ; Signed by Author. Very Good- .
Keywords: Science Fiction Stanton A. Coblentz Signed Edition Short Stories Science Fiction
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Title: The Wonder Stick
Description: New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by S. Glanckoff. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. First Trade Edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The book covers have several spots of discoloration and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author on the half title page. There is a previous owner's inked name and gift notation on the front endpaper. "Stanton Arthur Coblentz (August 24, 1896 – September 6, 1982) was an American author and poet. He received a Master's Degree in English literature and then began publishing poetry during the early 1920s. His first published science fiction was The Sunken World, a satire about Atlantis, in Amazing Stories Quarterly for July, 1928. The next year, he published his first novel, The Wonder Stick. But poetry and history were his greatest strengths. Coblentz tended to write satirically. He also wrote books of literary criticism and nonfiction concerning historical subjects. Adventures of a Freelancer: The Literary Exploits and Autobiography of Stanton A. Coblentz was published the year after his death." ; Signed by Author. Very Good- .
Keywords: Science Fiction Stanton A. Coblentz Signed Edition Short Stories Science Fiction
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36042
- Book number: 36042
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