A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ
by WALTER M. MILLER
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- Seller
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THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: READERS UNION/WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON. Book Club edition. Contemporary Fiction imprint of the Readers Union. Hard cover with dust jacket. Areas of rubbing and small tears on DJ edges. Small area of staining on front of DJ. Has been price clipped. Brown boards. Slight marking on front board. Top edges of book's pages are stained yellow(part of the design). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Classic Science Fiction novel. Included with the book are book club inserts/newsletter etc. Location: A5 . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1961.
Synopsis
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr. , first published in 1960. Based on three short stories Miller contributed to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; it is the only novel published by the author during his lifetime. Considered one of the classics of science fiction, it has never been out of print and has seen over 25 reprints and editions.
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- Seller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 012863
- Title
- A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ
- Author
- WALTER M. MILLER
- Illustrator
- DODIE MASTERMAN(WRAPPER DESIGN)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Publisher
- READERS UNION/WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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- 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.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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