The Master Key.
An Electrical Fairy Tale. Founded upon the mysteries of electricity and the optimism of its devotees...
Stock Code 98762
Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Company Publishers, 1901
Original price
$474.00
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Original price
$474.00
Original price
$474.00
$474.00
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$474.00
Current price
$474.00
An intriguing work from the author most famous for his Oz series of books, this recounts the adventures of a young boy whose scientific experiments invoke 'the Demon of Electricity', a mercurial being who endows the boy with various dizzying items of power before the boy decides that mankind is not ready yet for the new knowledge inherent therein.
First edition, first state; 8vo; frontispiece, plates and vignettes by F. Y. Cory, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, hinges pulling slightly; publisher's sage cloth blocked in gilt with inset colour illustration to upper cover, minor rubbing and bumping to extremities, overall a very good copy.
First edition, first state; 8vo; frontispiece, plates and vignettes by F. Y. Cory, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, hinges pulling slightly; publisher's sage cloth blocked in gilt with inset colour illustration to upper cover, minor rubbing and bumping to extremities, overall a very good copy.
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