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War With the Newts
de Capek, Karel
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
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Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1937. An iconic dystopian novel by the great Czech modernist who was the first to populize the word "Robot." First published in English in January 1937; this is a Fine copy of the Second Impression from May of the same year [stated]. Turquoise cloth binding with titling in yellow on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 348 pages, with three pages of publisher adverts in the rear. Very fresh and clear, with no spotting, the bane of English publishing. The dustwrapper is Near Fine; unclipped and with a lightly-faded spine; one small chip on the bottom of the front panel. In an archival plastic protector. [Note: due to a computer crash, this book may also appear with the inventory number 000917]. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction story by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, the Newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. They acquire human knowledge and rebel, leading to a global war for supremacy.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006600
- Título
- War With the Newts
- Autor
- Capek, Karel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- Second Impression
- Editorial
- George Allen and Unwin Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1937
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Sobre el vendedor
Quercus Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Chico, California
Sobre Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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