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The City in the Sea
by Tucker, Wilson
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Nova Publications Ltd, London, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. X, 11-154 pages, six further pages, last three pages bank, with further books from publishing house. Colour illustrated cover with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and to the backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to either side of the spine and rubbing and browning to the book panels. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and browning to the internal text. On the first page of the book there is a faint purple coloured stamp along with some browning and foxing. In a world of the future, after atomic warfare, civilisation is backward and only a small part of eastern America (known as Western Somerset) and the Home Isles (formerly Britain) is patrolled, in the name of the Queen, by the colonial army of women. Men are almost non-existent. Until a veritable giant of a man strides from the Western Hills of Western Somerset telling of a fabulous city. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 0109554. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0109554
- Title
- The City in the Sea
- Author
- Tucker, Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Nova Publications Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Science Fiction -- Post Atomic World -- Female Warriors Science Fiction & Fantasy; Unbranded Tucker, Wilson The City in the Sea
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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