The Halfmen of O
by Gee, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0195580818
- ISBN 13
- 9780195580815
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Auckland: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 0195580818 . Small <1/4" stain to fore page edges. Light vertical crease along dust wrapper spine. A couple of 1/2" tears and a 1/4" tear to edges of dust wrapper. Moderate rubbing to edges of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 204 pages. Green papered boards. Signed by the author in blue ink on the title page. A science fiction novel by New Zealand author Maurice Gee. "[...] Susan is spirited off down a disused mineshaft into the world of O, and is taken prisoner by Odo Cling and the Deathguard." - from dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6114
- Title
- The Halfmen of O
- Author
- Gee, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195580818
- ISBN 13
- 9780195580815
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Auckland
- Date Published
- (1982)
- Keywords
- 0195580818
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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