Author: Wilson Bell
Title: Prehistoric Parables
Description: Halifax, Milner & Company, 1912 . First edition. Paperback. A smart example of this very scarce collection of seven tales about the life of Prehistoric Man, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further plates by Horace Taylor. Collated, complete.The work of Wilson Bell.Set in the Carboniferous period, long before man actually appeared on the earth, some of these tales of Prehistoric Man involve encounters with other Carboniferous lifeforms.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.With the former owner's inscription of W. J. Bilton to the head of the two front blanks. The dating of this collection is somewhat contentious. Bibliographer George Locke provides a circa 1910 date, where the British Library asserts a publication date of 1914. The National Library of Scotland, Trinity College Dublin, and both the Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries provide a date of 1912. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Front wrap bright. Tide mark to tail of rear wrap. Minor losses of paper to back strip tail. Contemporary inscription to head of first two blanks. Significant spotting to text block fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting and instances of foxing. Very Good . Ill.: Horace Taylor. Very Good .

Keywords: Prehistoric parables K.R. Brady Wilson Bell Horace Taylor K.R. Brady Horace Taylor


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