Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S
Nova Express is a 1964 novel by William Burroughs, whose plot cannot easily be described. It features Burroughs' cut-up method of enfolding snippets of different texts into the novel, including T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", among others. It is the third in The Nova Trilogy formed by The Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded, and Nova Express. Naked Lunch is seen as a prequel to these. Nova Express was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.
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Nova Express
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Used - Clipped jacket with short internal tear along front joint, nick/loss at end of spine and top of rear panel, a few other short te
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- First edition, first printing
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- 1964
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$61.98
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. First edition, first printing. Clipped jacket with short internal tear along front joint, nick/loss at end of spine and top of rear panel, a few other short tears, yellow sticker on inner front flap. 8vo. Original red cloth; dust jacket designed by Roy Kuhlman.
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NOVA EXPRESS
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Used - Near fine in a near fine jacket.
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of the third installment in Burroughs' Nova Trilogy. [Maynard & Miles A10]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering to spine, in original illustrated dust jacket. About very good plus in a very good DJ. SIGNED by Burroughs under his printed name… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1st English Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Franklin, Maine, USA
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A$54.23
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London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. This novel written by the author of "Naked Lunch," concerns the war against Hell - an hallucinatory interplanetary cops-and-robbers game with the Nova Police." Book and dustjacket are in excellent condition - only defect is the previous owner's last name on front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- (1966)
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- Hardcover
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Hadley, Massachusetts, USA
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A$774.70
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London: Jonathan Cape. (1966). The first British edition. Inscribed by the author, again for Richard Aaron. Slight softening to the spine ends; faint foxing to the edge of the text block; very near fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed, and a good association. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Fine
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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A$1,162.05
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. Publisher's File Copy stamped on the front and rear fly leaves, and the foredge: "Production Dept. Working Copy Do Not Remove - Grove Press Inc. Production Department." Item Price
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SIDDARTHA
by HERMAN HESS
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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PASADENA, California, USA
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A$3,873.50
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Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Berlin, Fischer, 1922, Hardcover A good first edition with replaced spine. With laid in Signed card with watercolor of village. Hesse, Hermann (1871-1962) Siddhartha, First Trade Edition. Berlin: S. Fischer, 1922. Octavo, with the phrase, First edition, first issue with "Erste bis Sechste Auflage'' printed on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express: The Restored Text
by Burroughs, William S
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- 9780802122087
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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A$13.17
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Grove Press. Used - Like New. 2014. Revised. Paperback. Fine. Item Price
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NOVA EXPRESS
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
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- First edition
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- 1964
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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A$123.95
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New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of the third novel in Burroughs's Nova Trilogy. Praised by mainstream literary and genre critics alike, NOVA EXPRESS was nominated for a 1965 Nebula Award by the Science Fiction Writers of America, NOVA EXPRESS follows THE SOFT MACHINE and THE TICKET… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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A$170.43
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New York: Grove Press, Inc. [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [11], 12-187, [3] pp. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $5.00 on jacket flap. A Near Fine book with a touch of toning to the pageblock; dust jacket is Near Fine with a hint of edge wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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NOVA EXPRESS
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York, USA
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A$139.45
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Stain to jacket base at spine, shows slightly at gutters of end papers. Weak toning. Text is clean and unmarked. Part of the Nova Trilogy, we see the Gysin/Burroughs cut/up method, a method (in Gysin's opinion) roughly equivalent… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Fair
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- First Paperback Edition; First Printing
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- 1965
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- Softcover
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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A$20.14
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New York: Grove Press. Fair. 1965. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First Evergreen Black Cat edition. Dampstaining to the covers, and tanning to the pages. A first issue copy with orange page edges. Maynard & Miles A10b. Volume 2 of the Nova Trilogy, and a McCaffrey 100 title. ; Mass Market PB; 160 pages . Item Price
A$20.14
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good++
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- Stated First printing.
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Stanley, New York, USA
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A$116.21
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Fine Stated First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean orange cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 187 pages. Jacket is unchipped, no… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S
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- As New
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- 1st Edition 3rd Printing
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- 1965
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- Soft cover
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Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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A$85.22
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Grove Press / Evergreen Black Cat Books, 1965. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. As New. Mass Market Sized Paperback. 7 x 4 1/4 inches. Stated in the colophon," First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1965 Third Printing" 155 pages. 95 cent cover price. AS NEW. Not read. Binding firm, without stress creasing and square. All corners… Read more about this item Item Price
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NOVA EXPRESS
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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A$77.47
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New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 187 pages. In Good plus condition with Good plus dust jacket. White spine with black and orange text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to corners and spine edges, rubbing to covers, and damp staining to rear cover and flap and inside of rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Pueblo, Colorado, USA
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A$150.29
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New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red-orange cloth in a Roy Kuhlman designed dust jacket. A small dust smudge to the bottom page edges. The dust jacket has very mild age toning. Publisher's price of $5.00 to the front flap. Maynard & Miles A10a. Volume 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express [First Edition, First Printing]
by Burroughs, William S. (1914-1997)
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- Used
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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A$224.66
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 187. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.25". Publisher's original orange cloth over boards, black lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved with no evidence of wear to the cloth extremities, very faint offsetting to the endpapers from the dustjacket panels, otherwise, contents remain equally without blemish with bright,… Read more about this item Item Price
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NOVA EXPRESS
by Burroughs, William S.
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- Used - Some soiling and foxing to top page edges, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the front and spine
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- First edition
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- [1964]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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A$116.21
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964]. First edition. Some soiling and foxing to top page edges, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the front and spine panels, some color fade to title lettering of spine panel. (21690). Octavo, cloth. "The Nova Mob attempts to take over the Earth,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nova Express [Signed]
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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A$581.03
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New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964. First Edition. First Printing, one of 10,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); red-orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[11],12-187,[3]pp. Signed by Burroughs on the half-title page. Touch of softening to spine ends, hint of offsetting to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear and dust-soil, with a… Read more about this item Item Price
A$581.03
Nova Express
by BURROUGHS, William S.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Auckland, NZL
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A$61.98
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1966 Tight and tidy, faint foxing in top edges. Intact dust jacket, slight rubbing to 1 top corner and to crown of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Item Price
A$61.98
NOVA EXPRESS
by Burroughs, William S.
- Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the lower front panel and a tiny closed tear to the upper
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- First edition
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- [1964]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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A$232.41
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New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1964]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the lower front panel and a tiny closed tear to the upper right rear corner. (25420). Octavo, cloth. "The Nova Mob attempts to take over the Earth, in a 'hallucinatory interplanetary cops… Read more about this item Item Price
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