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War with the Newts
de Capek, Karel
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Modesto, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Berkeley Books. Very Good. 1967. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and light wear. The rear cover of the book has some rubbing and spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. "He is known as a science-fiction author who wrote before science fiction became widely recognized as a separate genre. Many of his works also discuss ethical aspects of industrial inventions and processes already anticipated in the first half of the 20th century. These include mass production, nuclear weapons and intelligent artificial beings such as robots or androids. His most productive years were during the First Republic of Czechoslovakia." (from Wikipedia) .
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
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- A48361
- Título
- War with the Newts
- Autor
- Capek, Karel
- Ilustrador
- Jerome Podwil
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing
- Editorial
- Berkeley Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1967
- Palabras clave
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Karel Capek, Newts, Salamanders, Jerome Podwill
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Sobre el vendedor
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Modesto, California
Sobre S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
