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A Midsummer Tempest
by Anderson, Poul
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385055056
- ISBN 13
- 9780385055055
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition (stated)! Blue cloth with black lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 207 magical and adventure-filled pages! "What if Shakespeare were a historian and his world a mortal one of men and elves? Somewhere, spinning through another universe is a history almost like ours except for the result of a revolution or two and the earlier incidence of a few inventions. A prince called Hamlet has lived in Denmark, and the English woods are full of Pucks, Titanias, and Oberons. Cromwell is at the throat of King Charles, but locomotives rage through the verdant countryside and observation balloons tower over battle lines.". First Edition / First Printing. Blue Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A Midsummer Tempest is an 1974 alternate history fantasy novel by Poul Anderson. In 1975, it was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and Nebula Award for Best Novel and won the Mythopoeic Award.
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- Seller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 035632
- Title
- A Midsummer Tempest
- Author
- Anderson, Poul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385055056
- ISBN 13
- 9780385055055
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- FICTION SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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