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FIGHT FOR LIFE: A COMPLETE NOVEL OF THE ATOMIC AGE
by Leinster, Murray (pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Foxing to title page and intererior front cover, text paper age tanned, mild rubbing to edges and spine ends, small chip to lowe
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc., n.d., [1949]. First edition. Foxing to title page and intererior front cover, text paper age tanned, mild rubbing to edges and spine ends, small chip to lower front cover, dampstain to upper rear cover and last few pages, rear cover rubbed, a good to very good copy. (21811). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Prize Science-Fiction Novels 10. Paperback original, digest size format. "After a nuclear holocaust begun by an unknown power, the battle continues with conventional bombs when the supply of atomic weapons is exhausted." - Brians, Nuclear Holocausts, p. 227.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21811
- Title
- FIGHT FOR LIFE: A COMPLETE NOVEL OF THE ATOMIC AGE
- Author
- Leinster, Murray (pseudonym of William Fitzgerald Jenkins)
- Book Condition
- Used - Foxing to title page and intererior front cover, text paper age tanned, mild rubbing to edges and spine ends, small chip to lowe
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc., n.d.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1949]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Age Tanned
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- Edges
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