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The Hound of Earth
by Bourjaily, Vance
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Secker and Warburg, 1956. Minor creasing and a small tear to the top edge of the unclipped dustwrapper, original owner's name on first page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this, the second novel by the author, who died on 31st August 2010. Set in San Francisco in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1955, the story deals with a US Army scientist who had gone AWOL from an Atomic research station just after Hiroshima, and had been on the run ever since. The story covers the two weeks before he is finally arrested working in a department store. Originally published in the US in 1955, this is the first UK edition published a year later. 252pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005249
- Title
- The Hound of Earth
- Author
- Bourjaily, Vance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Secker and Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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