Vandenberg: A Novel
by Lange, Oliver (pseudonym); Wadleigh, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812813588
- ISBN 13
- 9780812813586
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Stein and Day, 1971. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good. Cautionary tale set during the Cold War about a future Russo-American confrontation. Pseudonym of John Wadleigh, who began as an editorial assistant at the "New Yorker." After writing this book, he took after his hero/protagonist & vanished off the grid in New Mexico, dying in 2013. Later republished in the 1980s under a different title. This is the true FIRST EDITION, Second Printing (with statement), & correct SBN (not ISBN). Hardcover with bright yellow paper-covered boards & quarter cloth-wrapped spine is VG-/G+: very clean inside, NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. FLAWS: shelfwear/light soiling & foxing to external page edges, rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. Unclipped DJ is Good, with heavy rubbing & some creasing; nicely protected in new mylar cover Photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012317
- Title
- Vandenberg: A Novel
- Author
- Lange, Oliver (pseudonym); Wadleigh, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0812813588
- ISBN 13
- 9780812813586
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- RUSSIA UNITED STATES FUTURE SCI-FI SCIENCE FICTION COLD WAR SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS SOVIET
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction-Fantasy;
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