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1957 Kemlo and the Purple Dawn
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper
The first edition of this work.
A scarce work
In the original unclipped dustwrapper.
The tenth novel in the Kemlo series, a popular children's science fiction series.
Kemlo was born and raised on a satellite in space, and like his fellow space-children, he breathes 'plasmorgia' instead of air. He's the Captain of the Space Scouts and travels around space on adventures with his fellow Scouts.
There were a total of fifteen novels published in the Kemlo series from 1954 to 1963.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and six monochrome plates.
Collated, complete.
Written by Reginald Alec Martin under the pseudonym E. C. Eliott.
Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'C. Hollett'.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A touch of discolouration to the extremities. A couple of very light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper Dustwrapper with light spots. Spine of the dustwrapper is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a couple of light spots.
Near Fine
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