Out of the Deeps (Also released as: The Kraken Wakes.)
by Wyndham, John (Pseudonym of John Beynon Harris.)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, : Ballantine, , 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd paperback printing. Ballantine Books #545, 1961, 2nd paperback printing, rare US sf vintage paperback, great Richard Powers cover art, nice copy, minor wear to spine and edges, near VG+. Vintage Paperback.
Synopsis
The Kraken Wakes is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham, originally published by Michael Joseph in the UK in 1953 and first published in the US in the same year by Ballantine Books under the title Out of the Deeps as a mass market paperback. The title is a reference to Alfred Tennyson's sonnet The Kraken, which describes a Scandinavian sea monster.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000928
- Title
- Out of the Deeps (Also released as: The Kraken Wakes.)
- Author
- Wyndham, John (Pseudonym of John Beynon Harris.)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballantine,
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 182
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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- 12mo
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