The Gaudy Shadows
by John Brunner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€218.24€196.42
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Constable , 1970. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None . A bright copy of the uncommon first edition of this imaginative thrilling novel by John Brunner. An uncommon first edition of this work. A science fiction thriller by John Brunner, opening with the mysterious death of a rich man named Sammy Logan and Laird Walker's quest to figure out what or who killed him. John Brunner was a British author of science fiction, known for his award-winning novel Stand on Zanzibar concerning an overpopulated world.Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Small bookseller sticker to front pastedown. Dust wrapper unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear, light spotting to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841A71
- Title
- The Gaudy Shadows
- Author
- John Brunner
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions thriller dust wrapper uncommon thriller
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...