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“A volume of ten short stories with a self-effacing author’s introduction and hardly a flat spot anywhere: rare indeed. The first, “The Head and the Hand”, is a fabulously disgusting Dahlesque story about a man who has made a fortune by amputating bits of himself in front of dinner-jacketed audiences and television cameras. Christopher Priest has the knack of hitting on a single character, an inspired outsider, with a quirk or hang-up which makes him constantly interesting.” – Times Literary Supplement
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Real-Time World
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New English Library, 1974
ISBN 10: 0450021416
ISBN 13: 9780450021411
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Text is unmarked, though the pages are yellowed and the page edges are age toned. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket is lightly worn around the edges. Seller Inventory # 068684
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Real-Time World
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New English Library, London, 1974
ISBN 10: 0450021416
ISBN 13: 9780450021411
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Hardcover
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 158 p. 21 cm. Blue cloth in pictorial dustjacket. Front flap price clipped. Ink stamp on front endpaper. Some pages browning. The author himself wrote the introduction to his first short-story collection, explaining that most of these tales are "about the effects of stress on people." Some characters question their reality, another self-mutilates as entertainment, while others live in a city under seige. Great amusement in bite-sized chunks. Seller Inventory # 151510
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Real-Time World
Published by
New English Library, 1974
ISBN 10: 0450021416
ISBN 13: 9780450021411
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Hardcover
First Edition
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First UK edition hardcover inscribed to the title page by Priest. Textblock slightly toned else fine condition in like DJ in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 51974
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