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OX.
by Anthony, Piers
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards with orange spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York:: Nelson Doubleday, 1976.. Book Club Edition, 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards with orange spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket painting by Richard V Corben. ''The fantastic tale of an alternate world inhabited by savage robot machines. Three trapped scientists -- resourceful Earth's dimension explorers Cal, Veg, and Aquilon came to this world with their alien companions, the mantas. Strange flying beings, half-animal, half-fungus, the mantas possess the keenest senses of any creature in the universe, and gift which more than once saves the lives of their human friends. The trio must find the aperture back to their own dimension before they fall victim to the death-dealing mechanical creations of this land.'' This Science Fiction book club edition is the first, appearing six months before the Avon paperback. Rear gutter code G3 indicates a printing date of January, 1976.
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- The Bookworm
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 062653
- Title
- OX.
- Author
- Anthony, Piers
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards with orange spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition, 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York:
- Date Published
- 1976.
- Pages
- 216 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall)
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