The Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
The Sheep Look Up is a science fiction novel by British author John Brunner, first published in 1972. The novel's setting is decidedly dystopian, the book dealing with the deterioration of the environment in the United States. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972. The title of the novel is a quotation from the poem Lycidas by John Milton: The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ...
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Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
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- first
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- 1972
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pdx, Oregon, USA
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Text unmarked with dappled edge papers. Book has been read. One of the first books to talk about climate change. A good read that's a powerful book Item Price
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THE SHEEP LOOK UP
by Brunner, John
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- Used - Slight tanning to edges of boards, a just about fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to front corn
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- First edition
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- [1972]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. First edition. Slight tanning to edges of boards, a just about fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to front corner tips and slight shelf wear to spine ends. (25410). Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. Signed by Brunner… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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- 9780460041911
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Dent, , 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book Grey cloth with gilt titles under pictorial jacket . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 461 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket with some edge wear, and with small chips… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060105587
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Southampton, New York, USA
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Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line on last page). Not price-clipped ($6.95 price intact). Published by Harper & Row, 1972. Octavo. Black cloth over olive green boards stamped in silver with black endpapers. Signed by author John Brunner on title page and dated 1975.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- 2nd printing
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- 2003
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Brossard, Quebec, CAN
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Benbella Books, Dallas, TX, 2003. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.
Introduction by David Brin. Afterword by James John Bell.
An enduring classic, this book offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of Earth. In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060105587
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Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
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Harper & Row, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first edition. Book and dust jacket in very solid, unmarked condition. Jacket mildly worn at spine head, top right corner of front panel; price flipped from front flap, vertical crease to rear flap. Jacket has been placed in new mylar sleeve.
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The Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
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- (1974)
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- Softcover
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Dunedin, New Zealand, NZL
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London: Quartet Books. Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1974). Softcover. 0704312921 . Foxing. Spine faded with creasing. Previous owner's name. ; 1974 paperback reprint. 457 [9] pages. Page dimensions: 179 x 110mm. Science fiction nobel. "'The Sheep Look Up' (1972), perhaps the most unrelenting and convincing dystopia of the four, and depressingly well documented, deals… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
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- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, tiny closed tears and chips to the dustjacket, protected in brodart
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- First edition.
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- 1974
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- Hard cover
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- 9780460041911
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SANTA BARBARA, California, USA
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$63.11
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Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. 1974. First edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, tiny closed tears and chips to the dustjacket, protected in brodart. 480 p. Audience: General/trade. . Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Stated First Edition
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- 1972
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farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Book looks unread, DJ has a couple marks but nothing bad, stated First Edition, NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Bunch of photos to show how nice the book is for being almost a half-century old. Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Used - Good
- Published
- January 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060105587
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Caldwell, Idaho, USA
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Harper & Row, January 1972. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1977
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- Paperback
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- 9780704312920
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Quartet Books, 1977. 461pp. Mass market pb, VG, no names or markings, offers a dramatic and prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of Earth. In this nightmare society, air pollution is so bad that gas masks are commonplace, . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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THE SHEEP LOOK UP
by Brunner, John
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- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (28561)
- Edition
- First edition
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- [1972]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (28561). Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. 1972 Nebula nominee. "The most elaborate alarmist novel about industrial pollution." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-72. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 69. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardback
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- 9781932100051
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Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books, 2003. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First BenBella first printing hardback edition, 2003, with unclipped jacket. Ex library book, only a couple of the usual stamps and labels, front endpaper removed. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch faded to spine but… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sheep Look Up, The
by Brunner, John
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- Published
- 1981
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- Softcover
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Westfield, New York, USA
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Del Rey, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. #29559, 6th printing Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Used - Fine
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- 2003-06
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- 9781932100013
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Cheverie, Nova Scotia, CAN
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A fine paperback copy with no spine creases or remainder marks, light bumping to corners. Bindings are tight and straight, a very nice copy of this book Item Price
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Sheep Look Up
by Brunner, John
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- book club edition
- Published
- 1972
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- Green cloth
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pdx, Oregon, USA
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Text Unmarked.Spine has title, author and publisher in black. top of spine of book shows wear, Previous owner name and date recto free endpaper. Ink x verso rear endpaper top. Dust jacket missing small piece top front, shows wear along spine, top and bottom, discolor along spine and front cover. pages, tho dappled, show ageing.. But its a hell… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by BRUNNER, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780460041911
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$85.00
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Gray cloth, gilt spine. Bumping at the foot of the spine, tiny soil mark on foredge, near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with publisher's price sticker on front flap, small creased tears, and a lightly sunned spine. Item Price
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Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)
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- N/A (volume is softcover)
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- Later Edition
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- 2016
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- Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover)
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- 9781504032636
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San Francisco, California, USA
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Open Road Media, 2016. Later Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9781932100013
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Winchester, New Hampshire, USA
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U.S.A.: Benbella Books Inc, 2003 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, minor curling at corners, great copy. Item Price
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The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- BCE
- Published
- 1972
- ISBN
- 9780060105587
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Mulvane, Kansas, USA
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$89.99
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Near Fine in Near VG DJ but does display minor shelf and edge wear with chip at head of spine, interior near flawless, appears to be unread, unopened copy.
1972 Nebula Award nominee…This angry novel of the future is John Brunner's sequel to his award winning story of overpopulation, stand… Read more about this item Item Price
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