THE SYNDIC
by Kornbluth, C.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Boards a bit faded (common to this book), foxing to top page edges, some tanning to end-papers, a nearly fine copy in a very goo
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Boards a bit faded (common to this book), foxing to top page edges, some tanning to end-papers, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some overall soiling and foxing to the verso. (20394). Octavo, "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20394
- Title
- THE SYNDIC
- Author
- Kornbluth, C.M
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards a bit faded (common to this book), foxing to top page edges, some tanning to end-papers, a nearly fine copy in a very goo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Verso
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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