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By Light Alone
by Roberts, Adam
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0575083654
- ISBN 13
- 9780575083653
- Seller
-
chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition, first printing, signed by Author. An amazing melding of startling ideas and beautiful prose. Set in a New York of the future it nevertheless has echoes of a Fitzgeraldesque affluence and art-deco style. "In a world where we have been genetically engineered so that we can photosynthesise sunlight with our hair, hunger is a thing of the past, food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by still eating. But other hungers remain . . . The young daughter of an affluent New York family is kidnapped. The ransom demands are refused. A year later a young women arrives at the family home claiming to be their long lost daughter. She has changed so much, she has lived on light, can anyone be sure that she has come home?.
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- Bookseller
- krokodile books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009439
- Title
- By Light Alone
- Author
- Roberts, Adam
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575083654
- ISBN 13
- 9780575083653
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Adam Roberts
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About the Seller
krokodile books
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire
About krokodile books
Krokodile Books is a specialist bookseller
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
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secondhand books in the year 2000.
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
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