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First edition bound in black cloth with gold spine lettering. A Fine copy in a Nearly Fine dj that has tiny rub marks at the head of the spine & a little dust soiling to the rear panel.
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Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world.
The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
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The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
“There are few more ingenious writers of crime fiction than Peter Dickinson.” —London Evening Standard
“Peter Dickinson is a national treasure.” —The Independent
“The works of British mystery writer Peter Dickinson are like caviar—an acquired taste that can easily lead to addiction.” —Time
“A whopper . . . Fancy flies wild and the reading is hilarious.” —Vogue
“A wonderful political whimsy.” —The Oregonian
“One of our truly inventive writers teases the imagination and intellect simultaneously.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Clever, funny, adult.” —Newsday
“This man has an unfailing gift for the bizarre.” —Louis Untermeyer
“Peter Dickinson is a national treasure.” —The Independent
“The works of British mystery writer Peter Dickinson are like caviar—an acquired taste that can easily lead to addiction.” —Time
“A whopper . . . Fancy flies wild and the reading is hilarious.” —Vogue
“A wonderful political whimsy.” —The Oregonian
“One of our truly inventive writers teases the imagination and intellect simultaneously.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Clever, funny, adult.” —Newsday
“This man has an unfailing gift for the bizarre.” —Louis Untermeyer
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- PublisherHodder and Stoughton
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0340168021
- ISBN 13 9780340168028
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages191
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A dystopian thriller and commentary on race prejudice in which some of the population has a gene which gives new-borns green skin, and who are then persecuted. Gently bumped with corresponding crimps and ight rubbing to the edges of the Brodart covered jacket. Seller Inventory # 220760
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hodder & Stoughton 1973 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at base and bruised at top of spine and previous owner's details on front end paper else Fine book in slightly edge-worn Dust Jacket ''. P. P. Humayan, computer genius and lecher. is brought from far Bombay to work. on the mysterious behaviour of the hereditary gene that gives Celts their green skins. But the banned Ogham writing is already on the walls.''. Book. Seller Inventory # 79103
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Book Description Octavo, boards. First edition. "As a result of some genetic shift, white people begin to give birth to dark-skinned babies, and this leads to racial strife in a nasty near future Britain. A well meaning and highly competent SF novel." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 162. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-273. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 212. Edges of text block lightly foxed, patchy fading to top edge stain, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with sticker stain to front panel and light soiling to rear panel. (#106643). Seller Inventory # 106643
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Book Description Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book has only slight signs of wear . The jacket has a half inch closed tear at each side of the top of the spine with some creasing on the rear tear. There is a little rubbing and chipping at the bottom of ths spine and the laminate has lifted along a thin strip two thirds of the length of the front panel next to the spine. is rubbed and has a one inch closed tear on rear panel. Seller Inventory # 003743
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very tidy. Intact dust jacket with minor edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 010158
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