The Atom Station 1st UK Edition
by Laxness, Halldor; Magnusson, Magnus (translator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1961. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. jacket design Charles Mozley 1st UK Edition Halldor Laxness satirical novel of power, politcs, communists and big-business, all set around an American offer to buy land for an atomic war base in Iceland; translated by Magnus Magnusson; Halldor Laxness was a major Icelandic writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955; medium foxing to endpapers, lighter foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, spine lightly tanned, o.w. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20394
- Title
- The Atom Station 1st UK Edition
- Author
- Laxness, Halldor; Magnusson, Magnus (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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