ISBN: 9785050006592 - The Amphibian, The (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Glossy hardcover, 126 numbered pages. There is a bookseller's mark on the rear free endpaperand a small black mark on the rear pastedown. The book is otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. This hardcover edition is rare. Printed in the 1986 in the former Soviet Union. "Sea-devil has appeared in the Rio de la Plata. Weird cries out at sea, slashed fishermen's nets, glimpses of a most queer creature astride a dolphin leave no room for doubt. The Spaniard Zurita, greed overcoming his superstition, tries to catch Sea-devil and force it to pearl-dive for him but fails. On a lonely stretch of shore, not far from Buenos Aires, Dr. Salvator lives in seclusion behind a high wall, whose steel-plated gates only open to let in his Indian patients. The Indians revere him as a God but Zurita has a hunch that the God on land and the devil in the sea have something in common. Enlisting the help of two wily Araucanian brothers he sets out to probe the mystery. As action shifts from the bottom of the sea to the Spaniard's schooner The Jellyfish and back again, with interludes in sun-drenched Buenos Aires and countryside, the mystery of Ichthyander the sea-devil is unfolded." - Blurb from softcover edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in great shape. No underlining or markings within. Clean and bright pages. Solid binding. Minimal signs of use, wear. 126 pp. Stated Second printing, 1986 (First Raduga Edition). Early work of Soviet Science fiction, originally published in 1928. Ships from Ottawa, ON. Guaranteed to be as described, after having been thoroughly checked by a seasoned bookseller. Thanks.…

Hardcover. Text block clean and crisp. 1/4" ink mark inside rear cover. Otherwise unmarked. Front end page has a heavy corner crease at the bottom edge. Plastic coating which is over the paper boards is separating and wrinkled in several places on the back cover. Size: 6 1/2 x 9.