The Island of Fear. A Story for Boys

by Patrick Moore

£150 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Museum Press Limited, 1954. Science fiction adventure FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.192. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Mostly internally clean, a few small marks/stains throughout. Two small black ink inscriptions, one to front pastedown, one to half-title. Jacket price clipped, faint adhesive marks to flaps and reverse. Gentle toning to jacket panels, some soiling to rear.

• Printing: first

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