The Absolute at Large
de Capek, Karel
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Aceptable/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0883551047
- ISBN 13
- 9780883551042
- Librería
-
Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Westport: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1974. Originally published serially in 1922, this is a dystopian satire, with religious fervor somehow released by nuclear fission. Capek, a master of dystopia, eventually would write "War With the Newts," considered one of the greatest speculative fiction novels of the XXth Century. This is a Fine copy of a reprint of the 1927 Macmillan edition, part of the "Classics of Science Fiction" series. Gray cloth binding, decorated and lettered in black. Clean text; v, 242 pages. The Introduction is by William E. Harkins. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003089
- Título
- The Absolute at Large
- Autor
- Capek, Karel
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0883551047
- ISBN 13
- 9780883551042
- Editorial
- Hyperion Press, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- Westport
- Fecha de publicación
- 1974
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Términos de venta
Quercus Rare Books
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Quercus Rare Books
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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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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...