Donovan's Brain: A Science Fiction Cornerstone
by Siodmak, Curt
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.
Brown linen with blue spine titles and front graphic. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket with the price of $2.00 has an age-darkened spine and rear panel; Two small chips on the upper rear edge and a tiny chip on the front top edge; now in a protective Mylar sleeve..
Brown linen with blue spine titles and front graphic. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket with the price of $2.00 has an age-darkened spine and rear panel; Two small chips on the upper rear edge and a tiny chip on the front top edge; now in a protective Mylar sleeve..
A Science Fiction Cornerstone. A conceptual science fiction classic, basis for three films: 'The Lady and the Monster' (1944); 'The Brain' (1962); and the better-known 'Donovan's Brain' (1953). science-fiction cult classic novel wherein an evil millionaire's brain is preserved for scientific purposes, but then begins to control the well-meaning scientist toward its own nefarious purposes.
Ref: Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-179; Bleiler (1978), p. 180; Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-351
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- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17947
- Title
- Donovan's Brain
- Author
- Siodmak, Curt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
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