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Patternmaster
by Octavia E. Butler
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385121970
- ISBN 13
- 9780385121972
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. Very Good -/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 186 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Light gray boards stamped in black.
Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with largest loss to bottom of front panel near spine. 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine. Light spotting to verso. Spine ends of boards slightly crushed, binding sound, remainder spray to bottom edges, and bit of foxing along top. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper and light foxing with some faint staining to preliminaries and title page, but otherwise text legible and unmarked throughout.
Butler's first book and fourth chronologically in the Patternmaster series. Quickly becoming scarce in retail.
Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with largest loss to bottom of front panel near spine. 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine. Light spotting to verso. Spine ends of boards slightly crushed, binding sound, remainder spray to bottom edges, and bit of foxing along top. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper and light foxing with some faint staining to preliminaries and title page, but otherwise text legible and unmarked throughout.
Butler's first book and fourth chronologically in the Patternmaster series. Quickly becoming scarce in retail.
Synopsis
Patternmaster is Octavia Butler's first published novel. It is the fourth book chronologically in Butler's Patternmaster series . Wild Seed (1980) , Mind of my Mind (1977), and Clay's Ark (1984) follow. Another novel, Survivor (1978), was part of the series, but Butler later disowned the novel and declined to have it reprinted. Central to the series are Patternists - people with telepathic powers, ruled by a head Patternmaster who can heal and destroy. In Patternmaster, the son of the ruler, Coransee, will stop at nothing to get the throne, even killing his brother. The novel is set in the distant future, and the Patternists are the dominant race, set apart from Clayarks, who are 'diseased' and animalistic, and another mute race that is used as slaves.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11347
- Title
- Patternmaster
- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385121970
- ISBN 13
- 9780385121972
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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