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Flowers For Algernon
by Keyes, Daniel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st edition. A contemporary signed and inscribed presentation copy dated "1966" and few copies are seen that were dated in the year of publication. Fine in fine price clipped dustjacket (clipped by Keyes when he gifted the book) without a single nick, or tear, no fading, aging or soiling. Fine condition is scarcer than inscribed with this book. Originally written as a short story in 1959, Keyes expanded and polished "Flowers for Algernon" to complete the novel. Keyes use an ‘uplift' device , increasing the intelligence of a mouse and takes it a step further to mirror the transformation of his human protagonist. It's an influential book that has been awarded, successfully adapted multiple times, challenged and banned.
Synopsis
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel. The titular Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 964
- Title
- Flowers For Algernon
- Author
- Keyes, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- inscribed/signed
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About the Seller
Biblioctopus
Biblio member since 2017
Century City, California
About Biblioctopus
Biblioctopus sells first editions of the classics of fiction, high spots in history, science, and historical ephemera
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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- Inscribed
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- Device
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