The Forbidden Garden
Fantasy Press: Reading, PA, 1947. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. First edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Publisher's rust-orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Floral illustrated endpapers. Octavo A signed, limited Fantasy Press title by mathematician Eric Temple Bell, writing as John Taine. Number 391 of 500 numbered copies inscribed and signed by Bell to Grace M. Laird. "Cordial greetings, hoping she may like the story if not the heroine". Very good. Toning to the text block and light handling wear. / Good. Chipping and edge wear with dime sized loss to front bottom corner and triangular loss to the back upper corner. Closed tear at back of spine with rubbing and losses to the top and bottom of the spine. Presented in a clear protective mylar cover. Item #580
Price: $180.00