A FOR ANYTHING
by Knight, Damon
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Walker and Company, [1970]. First edition. Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine with bleed through from glue degradation from a glue tab from a dust jacket protector. (31763). Octavo, boards. The complete text of THE PEOPLE MAKER (1959). "Problems with a matter-duplication device." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. [1]. "Rigid, stratified, slave society as a result of a machine that can reproduce anything." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 279. "An uneasy adventure developed from the premise of a brilliant short story." - Brian Stableford.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31763
- Title
- A FOR ANYTHING
- Author
- Knight, Damon
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1970]
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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