Empire of the Atom
by van Vogt, A.E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1956. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, generally rubbed and soiled, some loss to the head and foot of the spine. Grey boards, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, some stains and foxing throughout. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain, clean internally. Van Vogt's science fiction novel of a future Renaissance.
Synopsis
Empire of the Atom is a science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It was first published in 1957 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 2,000 copies. The novel is a fix-up of the first five of van Vogt's Gods stories which originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The remaining Gods stories are collected in The Wizard of Linn. Author and critic James Blish observed that the plot of the Gods stories resembled that of Robert Graves' Claudius novels.
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8217
- Title
- Empire of the Atom
- Author
- van Vogt, A.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Shasta Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, SF, Sci-fi, 20th Century Fiction, Dark Age, Italy, Renaissance, Galactic War
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...