DARK IS THE SUN
by Farmer, Philip José
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345276841
- ISBN 13
- 9780345276841
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: A Del Rey Book / BALLANTINE BOOKS, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Darrell K. Sweet. 8vo, blue-gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Darrell K. Sweet depicting a green centaur helping to pole a raft with primitive humans , 405 pages + [2] About the Author. "More than twenty years ago, Philip Jose Farmer began the epic chronicle of the planet called RIVERWORLD, and of the thirty-five billion men and women who woke there one morning to begin the first day of life after death. Resurrected by the power of an alien race, for reasons they can only guess at, unlikey fellow travelers like Mark Twain, Hermann Göring, and Cyrano de Bergerac wander the banks of a ten-million-mile-long river in search of their makers and the answers to this mystery."--blurb. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION and a remarkably inventive SCI-FI tale! SUPERB dust jacket; spine slightly cocked. Illustrative props not included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3359
- Title
- DARK IS THE SUN
- Author
- Farmer, Philip José
- Illustrator
- Darrell K. Sweet
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0345276841
- ISBN 13
- 9780345276841
- Publisher
- A Del Rey Book / BALLANTINE BOOKS
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- RIVERWORLD, saga, centaur, raft, primitives, humans, planet, space, SCI FI
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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