- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.Catron Grant Books
AbeBooks seller since November 17, 2005
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 92.40
Quantity: 1 available
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London: Michael Joseph, 1960 190 pp. The plot of Trouble With Lichen concerns a young woman biochemist who discovers that a chemical extracted from an unusual strain of lichen (hence the title) can be used to retard the ageing process, enabling people to live to around 200-300 years. Wyndham speculates on how society would deal with this prospect.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Black cloth boards with gold-stamped titles along spine are clean and bright, gold stamping is especially bright. Dust jacket has several short closed tears, one of which is neatly mended on verso, Price-clipped. In protective mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller Inventory # 400585
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Trouble with Lichen (first edition)
- Author
- Wyndham, John
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph, London
- Publication year
- 1960
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- English Literature and History, Science Fiction
Catron Grant Books
Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 17, 2005
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We specialize in books on South and Central Asia: China, Tibet Mongolia and India, their art, exploration and history plus early and mid-Twentieth Century literature and show business titles. Also books on World War Two, China-Burma-India and the Pacific. Much gold, some dross but no fluff.
Specialty
Mongolia, India, Tibet, Twentieth Century Show Biz, Central Asia, China, Word War ll Southeast Asia and PacificSeller's business information
Catron Grant Books
NM, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
Catron Grant Books. Christie Lucero, Sole proprietor, 2181 Zaragoza Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124.USA. Phone 1 505 896 2221. Email : cjl@catrongrantbooks.com. A book may be returned within two weeks of receipt for full refund. The book must be in the same condition as when it was sent. Books under $9.00 are non-returnable.
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