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This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.
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Text: English, Polish (translation)
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A perfect vacuum
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich January 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0151716978
ISBN 13: 9780151716975
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. the jacket is somewhat worn about the edges and slightly scuffed, has only small tears at extremeties. jacked a bit soiled from handling, foxing to front-facing endpapers and outer edge of page block. corners slightly bumped, but pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Seller Inventory # 1564390
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A perfect vacuum
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ISBN 10: 0151716978
ISBN 13: 9780151716975
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A Perfect Vacuum: Perfect Reviews of Nonexistent Books
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Harcourt, Brace, Javanovich, New York, 1979
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ISBN 13: 9780151716975
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st American Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by Lem on a a small plain white bookplate decal on front end page (signature only). $8.95 price on DJ flap; mylar protected. Bookplate signed in 1987- photocopy of return envelope, postmarked Feb. 1987, from Lem's literary agent in Vienna. Very scarce signature from Sci-Fi master Lem. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Lem's "Memoirs of a Space Traveller"). NOTE: No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 023141