THE MARTIAN A Novel by George Du Maurier First Edition 1898 with remains of the scarce dustjacket

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Published in London in 1898 this is the First Edition of this Victorian novel with a Science Fiction theme, a romance in which the spirit of a Martian inhabits the body of a terrestrial girl, figured in Locke Spectrum of Fantasy, and Bleiler checklist of fantastic literature. illustrated by the author, this example with the tattered remains of the original dustjacket, just under 8 inches tall, The dustjacket is in a very worn state, in four pieces with noticeable loss, tears, wormholes and some staining, but could be restored (see pictures) the remains of the jacket are now housed in a removeable plastic sleeve (see last picture) the book itself has some spotting and other marks to the cover, book has a lean, internally page edges remain untrimmed with some pages still unopened along leading edge (see pictures) there is staining to lower outer edges of last thirty or so pages, else in acceptable condition. N° de ref. del artículo 003018

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