The Investigation
by Stanislaw Lem
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (+), some rubbing, crown of spine lightly pushed, lightest soiling to front boards./Very Good jacket, some soiling, 2" closed tear from jacket where jacket spine meets front panel taped by former owner, resultant
- ISBN 10
- 0816491658
- ISBN 13
- 9780816491650
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Seabury Press, 1974. First English Language Edition. 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering on spine in pictorial jacket, 216 pp. Very Good (+), some rubbing, crown of spine lightly pushed, lightest soiling to front boards./Very Good jacket, some soiling, 2" closed tear from jacket where jacket spine meets front panel taped by former owner, resultant creasing from tear across top of front panel..
Synopsis
A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who supply him with a host of theories and clues.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 413
- Title
- The Investigation
- Author
- Stanislaw Lem
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering on spine in pictorial jacket, 216 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (+), some rubbing, crown of spine lightly pushed, lightest soiling to front boards.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good jacket, some soiling, 2" closed tear from jacket where jacket spine meets front panel taped by former owner, resultant
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0816491658
- ISBN 13
- 9780816491650
- Publisher
- Seabury Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Lem, science fiction, sf, scifi, polish scifi, soviet scifi
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