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Title: Dormant Title Record # 197008
Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1911-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: The one fantasy among Nesbit's later (20th century?) "romantic novels for adults", "concerning a woman kept immune from ageing in suspended animation for over 50 years". --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Lisa Tuttle. First published as a serial in The Red Magazine, May 15 to August 1, 1911.
Synopsis:
  • Science fiction novel about a girl revived after 50 years in suspended animation.
  • "What effect the latest discoveries in chemistry exert upon a romance of a bygone age; how a husband is blessed with a wife who is unable to grow old, and the resulting complications; and how true love triumphs over science ...". --publisher advertisement "The Latest Books" (6) NY Times 1912-09-15 pBR503 "An ingenious and daring treatment of the effect which the latest discoveries in chemistry exert upon a passionate romance." --entire blurb in publisher advert "New Books for Christmas" (dozens) NYT -12-01 pBR703
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1912 Rose Royal

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dormant 1911-09-00 E. Nesbit Methuen  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
ii+
312
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Rose Royal 1912-09-00 E. Nesbit Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$1.25?$: US dollar
419
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
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