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Dawn (Xenogenesis): SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Octavia E. Butler
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0446513636
- ISBN 13
- 9780446513630
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
1987 Warner trade hardcover format, first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the Full Title Page. Not remainder marked, dj not price clipped($15.95). Dj in excellent condition with light chipping at the top spine, colors bright in Brodart protective sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Aqua boards clean & square, cloth bound spine fine, gold gilt lettering on spine fine. Binding tight & straight, close to like new condition.
The first title in the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.
The first title in the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.
Synopsis
In Dawn , the first of the Xenogenesis Series , later retitled Lilith's Brood , Lilith Iyapo awakens after the destruction of Earth and centuries of sleep aboard a spacecraft piloted by the Oankali. After learning all they could about Earth and the human race, the Oankali plan to reestablish life on the planet by cross-breeding with humans. They see humans as intelligent beings but cursed with the fatal flaw of hierarchy, which the cross-breeding will resolve.
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- Bookseller
- jonny8books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302
- Title
- Dawn (Xenogenesis)
- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Illustrator
- Nicola Mazzella
- Format/Binding
- Trade hardcover format
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0446513636
- ISBN 13
- 9780446513630
- Publisher
- Warner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 264
- Size
- 10x7x2
- Keywords
- Genetic engineering -- Fiction. Human-alien encounters -- Fiction. American fiction -- 20th century. Science Fiction, Hugo, Nebula
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About jonny8books
I'm into anything old, unusual or cool & Regional interests around the Memphis area.
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