DR. STRANGELOVE; Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb / A Novel by Peter George based on the Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern
by George, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0760709408
- ISBN 13
- 9780760709405
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Photos, movie. 8vo, black quarter cloth with neon green lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards, illustrated with several in-text stills from the Kubrick movie, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Peter Sellers above men at a round table, 165 pages. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, aka "Dr. Strangelove," became a 1964 political satire and black comedy movie that satirized Cold War fears of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starred Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Slim Pickens. The film was loosely based on Peter George's thriller novel Red Alert (1958). SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean with unfoxed movie stills.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4460
- Title
- DR. STRANGELOVE; Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb / A Novel by Peter George based on the Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern
- Author
- George, Peter
- Illustrator
- Photos, movie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0760709408
- ISBN 13
- 9780760709405
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Atomic bomb, nuclear, Cold War, strategic air command, SAC, Russia, MAD, think tanks, bomb shelters, sputnik
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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