Some Time Never A Fable for Supermen
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-025: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1948. 244 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (large piece missing from the rear panel and rear flap of the DJ) ; . Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Some Time Never is a blend of superbly written realism and outrageous fantasy, with an almost Swiftian quality in its savage wit and subtle humor. It is the story of the hitherto little-known Gremlins. It is a moreover a piercing commentary on Man and the qualities in Man which are leading him to his destruction. EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 244 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64561
- Title
- Some Time Never A Fable for Supermen
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- E-025
- Date Published
- 1948
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