The Night Life of the Gods
by Thorne Smith
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Vintage book. Good condition, missing dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with black print on spine. Prior owner's bookplate on front paste down, and brief gift inscription on blank page. Pages clean and unmarked. Sun Dial Press reprint of 1931 first edition, 1939 edition, 311 pages. 8vo (5.5" x 7.75") A scientist accidentally discovers the power to turn people into stone statues, and vice versa, with hilarious and disasterous results.
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04102402nightlifegodsar
- Title
- The Night Life of the Gods
- Author
- Thorne Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sun Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy; Humor;
Terms of Sale
Bujoldfan
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About the Seller
Bujoldfan
Biblio member since 2017
Salem, Oregon
About Bujoldfan
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