The Adventures of an Atom: It's Autobiography, by Itself.
by Angelo
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurst & Co., 1880. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint 1st Thus. Hurst & Co, 1880, New York. Hardcover. Reprint/Early if not first Printing. Very Good/No Jacket The book is unmarked throughout but has a bit of tanning throughout. Cover bottom and spine bottom worn away about 2 inches by 1/8th of an inch. Tips are a little pushed. Cover shows rubbing wear especially at most edges and front cover. Wear at bottom tips. Top tips pointed, spine firm and boards rigid.Text block clean and solid. has minor foxing. Minuscule damage on spine bottom rear cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. "A series of interwoven anecdotes narrated by the eponymous entity, which it declares of itself ...the last and final subdivision of matter. This atom - more a sprite than an sf embodiment of pantheistic speculation - enjoys Immortality and a capacity to dwell within a large range of larger entities, mostly human. Sententious lessons are delivered." -Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000656
- Title
- The Adventures of an Atom: It's Autobiography, by Itself.
- Author
- Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint 1st Thus
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Fantasy
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Winding Road Books
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Templeton, California
About Winding Road Books
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