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RIDDLEY WALKER
de HOBAN, Russell; illustrated by BLAKE, Quentin:
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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London: The Folio Society. 2017. First edition with Quentin Blake illustrations. First edition with Quentin Blake illustrations. Signed limited edition. Publisher's cloth with wraparound Quentin Blake illustration, metallic titles to the spine, in the original slipcase. Illustrated in colour throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the fine original slipcase. A superb example of this wonderfully illustrated edition of Russell Hoban's award winning dystopian novel. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this example is hand numbered 439 and signed by Quentin Blake in black ink on the limitation page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Sinopsis
Riddley Walker is a novel by Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It is generally regarded as science fiction, and won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel in 1982, as well as an Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award in 1983. It was additionally nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981. Hoban began writing the novel in 1974, inspired by the medieval wall painting of the legend of Saint Eustace at Canterbury Cathedral.
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- Librería
- Lucius Books
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- 22142
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- RIDDLEY WALKER
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- HOBAN, Russell; illustrated by BLAKE, Quentin:
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- Usado
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- First edition with Quentin Blake illustrations
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- London: The Folio Society. 2017
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