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Oracle
by Ian Watson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0575064870
- ISBN 13
- 9780575064874
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1997. SIGNED. Like New. 1st/1st. The book is Fine. First edition, first printing with number line including 1. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with No writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped (£16.99) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Watson, author of 50 books, received screen credit for the screen story of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Tom Ryan begins his adventures by discovering a time-traveling Roman centurion marching along on a rainy night in modern Britain. The plot thickens when, after giving shelter to the Roman refugee, Tom and his sister, Mary, discover that the time-traveling is the result of a secret project called Oracle. The intent of the government security people involved in Oracle is to review the past and the future to prevent "threats to national security."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2472
- Title
- Oracle
- Author
- Ian Watson
- Illustrator
- Splash
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0575064870
- ISBN 13
- 9780575064874
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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