DOOMSDAY BOOK
by Willis, Connie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a fine dust jacket, touch of rubbing to upper front corner. (10966)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, touch of rubbing to upper front corner. (10966). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed by the author. 1993 Nebula award winner for best novel. 1993 Co-winner of the Hugo Award.
Synopsis
The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror. While spending the Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William "had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" .
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10966
- Title
- DOOMSDAY BOOK
- Author
- Willis, Connie
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a fine dust jacket, touch of rubbing to upper front corner. (10966)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- SF Award . SF . Signed
Terms of Sale
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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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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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