ENGINE SUMMER
by Crowley, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at flap folds and head of spine panel. (12309)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at flap folds and head of spine panel. (12309). Octavo, boards. "In far future America returned to agrarian primitivism by disaster, the hero has recorded for future generations the story of his youthful quest for enlightenment. Beautifully written and eloquently argued; it can be appreciated even by those who lack sympathy with the ideology behind its Arcadian romanticism." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-291. "One of the most unusual and rewarding of all modern sf novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 121. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-122.
Synopsis
Engine Summer is a novel by John Crowley, published in 1979 by Doubleday. It was nominated for the 1980 American Book Award, as well as both the British Fantasy and John W. Campbell Awards the same year.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12309
- Title
- ENGINE SUMMER
- Author
- Crowley, John
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at flap folds and head of spine panel. (12309)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
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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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