FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY
by Harness, Charles L[eonard]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket (with ink stamped new price) with a touch of shelf wear to the corner tip
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bouregy & Curl, Inc., [1953]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket (with ink stamped new price) with a touch of shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends. (29443). Octavo, boards. The author's first book. A classic modern SF novel, better known under its later alternate title THE PARADOX MEN. "Alar the Thief fights the twenty-second-century Chancellor of America Imperial. An intricate and heartening tale of time paradoxes, written in grand pulp style." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 274. "Authoritarian dystopia" - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 246. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-189. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 10. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1641-44.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29443
- Title
- FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY
- Author
- Harness, Charles L[eonard]
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bouregy & Curl, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- 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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