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Krakatit
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Praha: Aventinum, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of this classic work of science fiction, originally published in Capek's native Czech, and then translated the next year and published in English by Geoffrey Bles in 1925. The novel deals with themes of power and guilt in the abuse of science for the advancement of mankind. The catastrophically powerful explosive invented in the work seemingly predicted the atomic bomb some decades before its existence. Nicely bound half red cloth with pebbled paper covered sides, spine titled and ruled in gilt. Very good with some fading to cloth of spine and tanning to edge of page block, else clean internally. Anatomy of Wonder II-212, Locke Spectrum of Fantasy p. 47.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3775
- Title
- Krakatit
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Aventinum
- Place of Publication
- Praha
- Date Published
- 1924
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- First Edition
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