NEW MAPS OF HELL
by Amis, Kingsley
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- GD/VG/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1963* Publisher: Four Square for New English library. No. 863* Binding and cover condition: Text & colour-illustrated soft card covers in attached plastic cover. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine, not to hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: Clean, crisp & tight with sellotape marks to insides of covers & first and last pages. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, considerable tanning to page margins and edges. GD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 135 pp. text. ix pp. advertisements & index at rear.* Product Description:- An anthology of numerous science fiction short stories by various authors from Asimov to John Wyndham. Amis?s survey is original, illuminating and a highly successful stimulant to curiosity. He is an addict whose lively gallop across the field will gratify the fans?.and induce a great many sober citizens? to start asking for ?Astounding Science Fiction,? of ?Fantastic Universe,? at the bookstall without turning up their coat-collars. A lively and entertaining book. ~ The Daily Telegraph.* This is a GOOD copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear & some age.*
Synopsis
Missee Lee is the tenth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1941. This is considered one of the metafictional books of the series. It is set in 1930s China. The Swallows and Amazons are on a round the world trip with Captain Flint aboard the schooner Wild Cat. After the Wild Cat sinks, they escape in the Swallow and Amazon but are separated in a storm.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2306
- Title
- NEW MAPS OF HELL
- Author
- Amis, Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - GD/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Four Square
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 0
- Date Published
- 1963-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 21.4 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm
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