The Devil That Failed
by Samuel, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Oneonta, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Fantastic fiction recalling Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." From Kirkus Reviews: "curious story of a professor who wakes to find he has become a giant, and discovers himself in the care of a demoniac Hungarian doctor and two unstable female nurses. The professor finally figures a way out of his predicament by recalling a scientific rule, but this doesn't happen until both reader and he have sweated it out through many an anxious page." Overall a nice and crisp copy, bottom edge of book shows sun fading. Some soil and light fading to jacket. 5.5 x 8.5 inches with 271 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Good. Illus. by None.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- md5112
- Title
- The Devil That Failed
- Author
- Samuel, Maurice
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Popeks Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Oneonta, New York
About Popeks Books, IOBA
Store located at 356 Main Street in Otego, NY
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