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W. H. Allen, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Ken Reilly -- front Cover. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Ken Reilly, with white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Student revolt in future dystopia. Shelf wear to the bottom book edges and slight bumping the bottom spine edge. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. On the endpapers there are the remains of tape marks, and on the free front end pages, the remains of a bookplate. The tape marks have extruded through to the next pages. Rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges and on the front and back fold over there are the remains of tape. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 232 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Ken Reilly -- front Cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction &…
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Body of Glass
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Michael Joseph, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Rafal Oblinski Cover Art. Blue coloured boards with metallic copper coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Rafal Oblinski, with white and orange coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in 2058, and, deals with Shira Shipman, her son and her elderly grandmother. This is the world of multi-corporations and their people who live in splendour; and the rest of the world living in damaged environment and at the mercy of those who have the most power. Shira and her grandmother have created a cyborg, and the multis want the information the most powerful commodity of the time. " ... As her story unfolds, the parallels with the story of the Jewish ghetto in Prague in 1600 become clearer." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening and a little rubbing of the backstrip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Very light age toning of the text block edges. To the top edge of the title page a previous owner has placed the central character's name "Shira". Chipping of the top backstrip corners with rubbing and creasing of the edges. There is a 1 inch tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear panel. Some rubbing of the panels with a little fading of the backstrip. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - VIII, [2], 405, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Rafal Oblinski Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0491003285. ISBN/EAN: 9780491003285. Inventory No: 0129491. . 9780491003285
- Bookseller Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Illustrator Rafal Oblinski Cover Art
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0491003285
- ISBN 13 9780491003285
- Publisher Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1971
- Keywords BZDB2 Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, gender roles, artificial intelligence, political economy, post-apocalyptic America, environmentalism, human-cyborg romance Rafal Oblinski -- Front Cover Science Fiction & Fantasy; Body of Glass
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Dance the Eagle to Sleep
by Piercy, Marge
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Dance the Eagle to Sleep
by Marge Piercy
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London: W.H. Allen, 1971 The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Several copies are avaliable. 232 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size E: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).
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