The Doomsday Men: // The Photos in this listing are of the book that is offered for sale
by Priestley, J. B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1938. First US edition. "A novel of adventure in the American Southwest". Black cloth with gold gilt lettering/decoration and with the front board also stamped in blind, decorative endpapers, 287+ pages. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 178 "Adventure thriller of the Bulldog Drummond kind with the background being the release of atomic energy; setting: the Nevada/California desert"]. Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page 161 coded T2v for Atomics/Fantastic plots, conspiracies"]. Tuck [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, pages 355-356 "Earth's doom foretold; romantic and well-written"]. Reginald 11906. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 324]. Review clippings from The New York Times Book Review, July 31, 1938 affixed to the rear endpaper. Review by Clifton Fadiman affixed to the rectos of the rear flyleaf. Author portrait affixed to the half-title page. Owner's name and date to the front free endpaper else generally very good copy in significantly chipped and edge-torn Dust Jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 866836
- Title
- The Doomsday Men
- Author
- Priestley, J. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 287
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCIENCE, FICTION, ATOMIC, ENERGY, DOOMSDAY, MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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