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The Fortress of Yadasara
Christian Lys; [Percy Brebner]
1899
Frederick Warne and Co : London
8" by 5.5"
viii, [1], 10-432pp
SUMMARY
A scarce Lost World science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, a fantastical tale illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
The scarce first edition of this work.
The Fortress of Yadasara, also published in the U.S. as The Knight of the Silver Star, is a brilliant romantic lost-race adventure novel, set in the Caucasus, with an intriguing Lost World inhabited by medieval Europeans.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates, by Lancelot Speed.
Collated, complete.
By Percy Brebner, under the pen-name Christian Lys.
Institutional label to the front paste down, copyright information filled-in to a form tipped-in to the recto of the front endpaper.
CONDITION
In the original publishers cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Rear hinge is strained. Institutional label to the front paste down, copyright information filled-in to a form tipped-in to the recto of the front endpaper. Closed tear to the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owners pencil note to the title page, and to a couple of other pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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