doubleday e 211 (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday and Company, Inc, Garden City, 1980. 247 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. People wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss, through a barren landscape with no children, no art, and where reading is forbidden. From this bleak existence, a tragic love triangle springs forth. Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, runs the world, but his only wish is to die. Paul and Mary Lou are a man and a woman whose passion for each other sparks a jealousy in Spofforthâ"and provides the only hope for the future of human beings on Earth.; 8.2 X 5.6 X 0.9 inches; 247 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. 1959. 616 pgs. First Edition/First Printing (stated). DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is faded and worn; chipping present to the spine ends). Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid Allen Druryâs Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fictionâ"as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cuts across the landscape of Washington, DC, with the breadth and realism that only an astute observer and insider can convey.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 616 pages.