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Da: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, Regno UnitoCOLD TONNAGE BOOKS
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Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). ''A Chronicle Of The Strange Adventures Of John Haynes And His Gyroscope Vehicle''. A science fiction novel first published in 1914, as a serial run in newspapers of the day: new eight page introduction by Mike Ashley. Limited to 200 unnumbered copies. ''inheriting multi-million dollar…properties in America, Englishman John Haynes relocates his wife and daughter from England to claim the inheritance. Upon arrival, Haynes, unaccustomed to American corruption, is railroaded into the penitentiary. While serving his sentence, he creates a scientific device in the machinist shops, a powerful gyroscope attached to a gasoline device, that when strapped to any means of transportation, enables him to speeds of 200 miles per hour! Escaping prison, Haynes searches for his lost family while hunting the league of villains, attacking them both on the physical and psychological level''. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
