Description: OFFERING A 1974 EX-LIBRARY FIRST EDITION of "A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST" BY POUL ANDERSON SEE VIEWS ABOVE DOUBLEDAY SCIENCE FICTION MARKED AS FROM THE "HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, HAMILTON, MASS." and "WITHDRAWN" GLUE RESIDUE ON BACK END PAPERS STATED FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED 1974 BY DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1974 TO POUL ANDERSONHARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUSTJACKET GOOD CONDITION BOOK IN A GOOD CONDITION DUSTJACKET NOW IN MYLARSIZE ABOUT 8 3/8"207 PAGES LIGHT BLUE CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLACK TITLE ON SPINE LIGHT TAPE RESIDUE ON THE BOARDS THE DUSTJACKET HAS SMALL NICKS AND A CLOSED TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT COVER ORIGINAL PRICE OF $5.95 ON FRONT FLYLEAFTHIS IS FASCINATING SCIENCE FICTION, MIXING GLASTONBURY ABBEY, KING ARTHUR and THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR FROM THE FLYLEAF: "What if Shakespeare were a historian and his world a mortal one of men and elves? Somewhere, spinning through another universe, is a history almost like ours except for the result of a revolution or two and the earlier incidence of a few inventions. A Prince called Hamlet has lived in Denmark, and the English woods are full of Pucks, Titanias, and Oberons. Cromwell is at the throat of King Charles, but locomotives rage through the verdant countryside, and observation balloons tower over battle lines. Rupert, Prince of the Rhine and Defender of the Crown, has been captured by the Roundheads, and an eviscerated Royalist force is chased to Glastonbury Tor, the site of legendary Avalon, the Court of Arthur. But Rupert has escaped, sent on a magic quest for the fairy kingdom that chooses to make its stand in England against the forces of industrial revolution. If his aims succeed, Rupert can save both the land for its spirits and the king for his crown. Poul Anderson brings back heft and haleness to an age that used its language well and its halberd even better. Cavalier and Puritan come full-bodied and lively out of his rich imagination, and science fiction takes and unexpected ride into the past." Poul Anderson is a former President of the Science Fiction Writers of America...he has received several awards for his novels and stories... BID NOW! BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PAL FOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAX WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: United States
Signed: No
Country of Manufacture: United States
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Modified Item: No
Subject: Sci-Fi Shakespeare
Year Printed: 1974
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: New York
Author: Poul Anderson
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Science Fiction
