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Monkey Planet (Penguin Science Fiction)
by Boulle, Pierre
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0140024018
- ISBN 13
- 9780140024012
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg, London, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. Colour photographic card cover, showing a still from the film of the same name, with white coloured titles to the front panel and white and purple coloured titles to the backstrip. The classic French novel about the rise of the apes and the fall of Homo sapiens. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and heavy rubbing of either side of the back strip. Browning and scattered foxing of the text block edges with light browning of the pages. Handling marks to the endpapers. Signs of the removal of a speaker can be seen to the top right hand corner of the front panel. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [6], 7-174, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0140024018. ISBN/EAN: 9780140024012. Inventory No: 0122240. . 9780140024012
Synopsis
Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La Planète des singes. As ' means both "ape" and "monkey," Xan Fielding called his translation Monkey Planet. It is an example of social commentary through the use of dystopia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122240
- Title
- Monkey Planet (Penguin Science Fiction)
- Author
- Boulle, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140024018
- ISBN 13
- 9780140024012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Science-fiction, intelligent apes, Homo sapiens, planet of the apes Science Fiction & Fantasy; Unbranded ISBN: 0140024018 EAN: 9780140024012 Boulle, Pierre Monkey Planet (Penguin Science Fiction)
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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