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The Invincible
by Lem, Stanislaw
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Seabury Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English-language edition of this 1964 novel by the Polish science-fiction writer. Translated (from the 1967 German edition) by Wendayne Ackerman. NY: The Seabury Press, 1973. First edition. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-5/8 in. 183pp. Blue cloth boards, black spine lettering; in dust jacket. Some very light spotting to textblock top, faint off-setting to endpapers. Else fine in a very good (+) jacket, price-clipped, showing light wear to spine ends, a few scratches to front panel.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002055
- Title
- The Invincible
- Author
- Lem, Stanislaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Seabury Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
About Dividing Line Books
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