War with the Newts
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Putnam, 1937. 348pp. Cream cloth boards, black titles on spine and front board. Stain along lower 2/3 of spine, but there's no evidence of stain internally. Secure binding, hinges secure, corners and spine ends show little wear. Previous owner's name on front paste down in black ink. Pages lightly and evenly age toned, but clean and unmarked otherwise. Capek's satirical sci fi classic concerns the discovery, in the Indian Ocean, of a race of intelligent newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. When they acquire human knowledge and rebel against their tormentors, a global war ensues. The book was unsurprisingly blacklisted in Nazi Germany in 1940 and Nazi-occupied Norway in 1941. It has since been translated into numerous languages, and its influence remains evident, nearly a century after its original publication. Uncommon in this edition, even without the dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo.
Synopsis
War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction story by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, the Newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. They acquire human knowledge and rebel, leading to a global war for supremacy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033953
- Title
- War with the Newts
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Karel capek, War with the newts, First Edition, Science Fiction
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About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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