Christopher John 1922 2012 (5 results)
- Softcover
Seller: Librería Pérez Galdós, Madrid, M, SpainLibrería Pérez Galdós
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Condition: leido. RUSTICA 3135.
Published by London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Science fiction; Themes: Disasters; Fiction in English; American writers; Novels; Sci-Fi. 1 Kg.…
Published by London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basket1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects: Science fiction; Themes: Disasters; Fiction in English; American writers; Novels; Sci-Fi. 1 Kg.…
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph (1955), London, 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Previous owner's rubber stamp on front endpaper. A 30mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Strip of adhesive tape across head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; 271, [1 (blank)] pages. Black boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 123mm. Dust-jacket art by Wildsmith. The author's first science fiction novel. "The hero is a scientist with a secret which will give supreme authority to any group in control of it. Inevitably he finds himself the centre of murderous intrigues. He, however, is interested, not in world-power, but in the whereabouts of the girl with whom he has fallen in love." - from dust-jacket blurb. …
More imagesPublished by London: Michael Joseph, 1956, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketdj. First Edition. [Post-apocalyptic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.230 [2]. Publisher's black cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 10s 6d to front flap. Lightly toned throughout but otherwise clean. Previous owner's signature in blue ink to front flyleaf, small Foyles label to pastedown. Top edge toned, lower edge lightly bumped. Toning to jacket, especially spine. Moderate shelfwear with some loss to jacket extremities. Very good. A gritty, realistic vision of how the world could end - to a virus that wipes out rice crops. Christopher doesn't terrify his reader with extraterrestrial threats or nuclear war but a slow famine that rapidly turns neighbours against each other.…
