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THE M.D. A HORROR STORY
by Thomas M. Disch
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
THOMAS M. DISCH. THE M.D. A HORROR STORY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. First Edition. Condition: Fine /Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright with no markings, no foxing, no tears, no stains and binding tight. A about fine pristine copy. Dust jacket is unclipped with the original $22.00 price on inner flap. Dust jacket still has its original gloss with only mild shelf wear and micro ships to edges as to be expected for a vintage DJ of this age. Not ex-library, not a BCE (Book Club Edition), not a reprint and no remainder marks. Disch is praised by writers Steven King and Dean Koontz for this book on the dust jacket. Thomas Disch wrote the early novels; "The Genocides" and "Mankind Under the Leash" a Ace Double paperback, his work was also published in New Worlds Sci-Fi magazine with writer Michael Moorcock as editor in the mid 1960's. Cover art by Archie Ferguson. Uncommon classic horror title from Thomas Disch, collectible. 401 pgs. Large 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-266
- Title
- THE M.D. A HORROR STORY
- Author
- Thomas M. Disch
- Illustrator
- Archie Ferguson
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Thomas M. Disch, Greek God, plague, medical, sorcery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
- Size
- 8vo
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