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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
by Lem, Stanislaw
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has lightest edgewear; no tears; very lightly bumped upper open corner of cover board/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0233987894
- ISBN 13
- 9780233987897
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. first edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has lightest edgewear; no tears; very lightly bumped upper open corner of cover boards; light thin 2" scuff to back cover cloth; o/w tight clean copy with crisp, bright pages and clean edges; very gently used./near fine. Octavo in red cloth in white dust jacket with color illustration; 188 pp., 22 cm. In English. || Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose;.
Synopsis
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub is a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem, First published English in 1973, a second edition was published in 1986. The Polish original Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie was first published in 1961.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85517
- Title
- Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
- Author
- Lem, Stanislaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has lightest edgewear; no tears; very lightly bumped upper open corner of cover board
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0233987894
- ISBN 13
- 9780233987897
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Polish Fiction
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Crisp
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