The Office
by Brown, Fredric
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Office by Fredric Brown.. Octavo, 246pp. Cream cloth, title on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light toning to endpapers, otherwise a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $3.50 on front flap, light shelf wear to both panels, pen mark over price on front flap, bright illustrations. Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, mystery, short fantasy and black comedy writer. His first novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won an Edgar Award for outstanding mystery novel. Another novel, The Screaming Mimi, was adapted into a film in 1958. He is widely considered one of the best Science Fiction Writers of the 20th Century. Fredric Brown died in 1972, having published over 100 works of fiction. Since his death, many of his early pulp novels have been republished and have found a cult following.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10243
- Title
- The Office
- Author
- Brown, Fredric
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Office by Fredric Brown.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- first edition Fredric Brown, Martians go Home Frederic Brown, Lights in the sky are stars brown, the fabulous clipjoint, the screaming mimi, night of the jabberwock, The Far Cry Brown, Here Comes a Candle, Stranger in a Strange Land Heinlein, Danse M
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