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POSTMAN, THE
by Brin, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553051075
- ISBN 13
- 9780553051070
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, New York, London: Bantam Books (1985) 296 pp. Original light blue paper covered boards w/ gilt title on dark blue cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges, otherwise, binding very bright and clean. Small, faint dampstains (?) to bottom edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Approx. 3/4" closed tear at top edge of front panel. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin's The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction.He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7683
- Title
- POSTMAN, THE
- Author
- Brin, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553051075
- ISBN 13
- 9780553051070
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, New York, London
- This edition first published
- 1985
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION POST-APOCALYPTIC NOVEL NOVELS UNIFORM U. S. POSTAL SERVICE LETTER CARRIER LOCAL WARLORDS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER KRANTZ GORDON LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS BRIN DAVID 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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