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BROTHERS OF THE HEAD.
by ALDISS**, BRIAN W:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG+./No dw/dj,card wraps,as issued.
- ISBN 10
- 0905310012
- ISBN 13
- 9780905310015
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK,slim,square 8vo wraps,1st edn thus.[Published simultaneously in UK,USA in softback/limp cover and in hardback in the UK only,in 1977.] VG+.No owner inscrptn, wraps as published.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Ian Pollock,illustrated card wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some light dog-ear creasing to both front+rear wrap's lower corners - affecting internal pages' corners too.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged,but generally clean; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,square,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn thus,11-119pp [paginated] includes intro by Roberta Howe,7 chapters, profuse b/w+colour illus by Ian Pollock throughout the text and the book,an appendix; plus [unpaginated] fep,half-title page with dedication to verso of same,double-page colour illus frntis,title page,and contents list/table. The first book in an exciting new series of full-colour illustrated,original fiction which in itself is a new approach to fiction publishing.Brian Aldiss has written a subtle and compelling story about Siamese twin boys with a third dormant head,who grow up on a stretch of untamed Norfolk coastline,wild and resentful of their state.They become rock stars and their demon energy and freakish attraction ensures them brief superstardom.But with success the insurmountable stresses in their own relationship result in terrible struggles and jealousies over the woman in their life.Throughout the turbulence of their last months the sinister third head makes increasing demands for it right to life. . . . The artist,Ian Pollock,is a brilliant young graduate from the Royal College of Art.His luminous water-colours and vital drawings enhance and enlarge the story's originality and pathos. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/3 od 1/2 of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja390311
- Title
- BROTHERS OF THE HEAD.
- Author
- ALDISS**, BRIAN W:
- Illustrator
- illus by Ian Pollock.
- Format/Binding
- UK,slim,square 8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,card wraps,as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,square 8vo wraps,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0905310012
- ISBN 13
- 9780905310015
- Publisher
- LONDON.PIERROT PUBLISHING LIMITED,1977.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1977
- Keywords
- q52.SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY,MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,square 8vo wraps,1st edn thus.ISBN 0905310012.Sci-fi_Brian Aldiss.Illus by Ian Pollock.Books new,used,signed,rare.
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY;
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