WHAT MAD UNIVERSE
by Brown, Fredric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, minor loss to corners, mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, some ag
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1949. First edition. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, minor loss to corners, mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, some age darkening to rear panel. (9736). Octavo, boards. Author's first science fiction novel. "An sf-magazine editor falls into a parallel universe where bug-eyed monsters really exist. Comic romp which nicely satirizes many of the sf cliches of its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 416. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-35.
Synopsis
What Mad Universe is a science-fiction novel, written in 1949 by the American author, Fredric Brown.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9736
- Title
- WHAT MAD UNIVERSE
- Author
- Brown, Fredric
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, minor loss to corners, mild rubbing to corners and spine ends, some ag
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- E.P.
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