A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller, Jr
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
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Bellevue, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
8vo, red papered boards with black titles, 311pp. Book Club Edition, first thus. Ex library copy with stamping to endpapers and title pages successive through text, card pocket residue to rear endpaper. Corners bumped. Dust jacket shows mild wear to edges, sunning to spine, tape residue to flaps, light rubbing to panels. A post apocalyptic dystopian novel of a Catholic monastery charged with preserving civilization after a nuclear fallout. Winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel; a classic of contemporary science fiction and Catholic literature. A well preserved copy in mylar.
Synopsis
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American Walter M. Miller, Jr. , first published in 1960. Based on three short stories Miller contributed to the science fiction magazine The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; it is the only novel published by the author during his lifetime. Considered one of the classics of science fiction, it has never been out of print and has seen over 25 reprints and editions.
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- Seller
- Heaven-Haven Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- B-56
- Title
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
- Author
- Walter M. Miller, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Catholica - Literature;
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