THE GREEN GENE
by Dickinson, Peter
- Used
- Condition
- Inked name to front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine with v
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books A Division of Random House, [1973]. First U.S. edition. Inked name to front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine with very light bleed through from glue degradation from a glue tab from a dust jacket protector, a touch of shelf wear to head of spine panel. (31782). Octavo, cloth. "As a result of some genetic shift, white people begin to give birth to dark-skinned babies, and this leads to racial strife in a nasty near future Britain. A well meaning and highly competent SF novel..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 162. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-273.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31782
- Title
- THE GREEN GENE
- Author
- Dickinson, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name to front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine with v
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books A Division of Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1973]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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