The Quiet Earth
by Harrison, Craig
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0340265078
- ISBN 13
- 9780340265079
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. 0340265078 . No signatures. Some foxing to book and dust-jacket. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 232 pages. Black boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 122mm. Science fiction. "John Hobson, research scientist at a crisis in his career, wakes one morning in a motel in Thames, New Zealand to find the town is deserted." - from dust-jacket blurb. This novel was later made into a film directed by Geoff Murphy, starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge and Peter Smith. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25583
- Title
- The Quiet Earth
- Author
- Harrison, Craig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340265078
- ISBN 13
- 9780340265079
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- Auckland
- Date Published
- (1981)
- Keywords
- 0340265078
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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