Doomsday Morning
by C.L. Moore
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1957. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 216pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.95 price intact; book in dark blue cloth with red lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges and over spine ends, with a couple shallow tears along top edge and some general light smudging to back. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. Small ownership ticket attached to front free endpaper with a date in pen underneath, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound.
Dystopian take on a 21st century totalitarian America controlled by Comus (COMmunications U.S.), a government agency regulating communications channels, media, entertainment, and pretty much everything. Author's final novel before a brief stint writing for television after the death of her first husband and oft-collaborator Henry Kuttner.
Dystopian take on a 21st century totalitarian America controlled by Comus (COMmunications U.S.), a government agency regulating communications channels, media, entertainment, and pretty much everything. Author's final novel before a brief stint writing for television after the death of her first husband and oft-collaborator Henry Kuttner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10691
- Title
- Doomsday Morning
- Author
- C.L. Moore
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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