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Stand on Zanzibar
by Brunner, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with No dust jacket as issued
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1987. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, elaborate gilt decoration on covers, a.e.g., printed endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-page, full-color frontispiece, full-page two-color plates and head and tail-pieces by Vincent DiFate. Introduction by David Brin. Collector's Notes laid in. Winner of the 1969 Hugo award for best novel. 1968 Nebula nominee. Winner of the 1970 British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel and the French Prix Apollo. "One of the key works of the period." - [Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987]. "A science fiction masterpiece." - [Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pp 2140 - 2145]. "Brunner's most successful novel." - [Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 343]. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Series. Color Frontispiece. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xx), 505, (2) pp .
Synopsis
Stand on Zanzibar is a dystopic New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first published in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26947
- Title
- Stand on Zanzibar
- Author
- Brunner, John
- Illustrator
- Vincent DiFate
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- New As New with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Collector's Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Science Fiction;, Leather;, Fine Binding;, Collectible Books;, Easton Press;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
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