RE-BIRTH
by Wyndham, John (pseud. of John Beynon Harris)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First Edition. After a nuclear war, "normal" people gradually ostracize the mutants among them. They're wise to do so, because the dominant mutation provides telepathic ability, creating a new species. A superman inevitably, if regretfully, will make mankind as presently known obsolete" (Barron 4-641, Anatomy of Wonder). Precedes the UK edition published the same year, with some textual differences, under the title The Chrysalids. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); variant green cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [iv],185,[3]pp. Faint lean, else Fine, without the usual heavy tanning to the textblock. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with a few pinpoint rubbed spots, a short tear to upper front panel, and a small patch of sticker-pull to lower right corner of rear panel; a fresh, Near Fine example, with the red spine lettering completely unfaded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3025
- Title
- RE-BIRTH
- Author
- Wyndham, John (pseud. of John Beynon Harris)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...