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The Heirs of Babylon: Available Copies

Red soft cover, pictorial, text a tad darkened. Novel

1st printing, Dec. 1972; Q5299. Cover art is uncredited. Paperback original. Post-holocaust the war goes on. Creasing; spine stress with tears and small losses; lean; edge nicks, chips and wear; original price inked out and new price written on cover.

The Heirs of Babylon

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Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. worn cover. Paperback.

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

The dystopian politics of 1984 meet the naval warship backdrop of The Last Ship in fantasy master Glen Cook's reissued first novel, available for the first time in decades.It is 2193, and still the war continues.Two hundred years after nuclear and chemical weapons have nearly annihilated the global population, the last of mankind struggles on in isolated communities. Law and order is carried out by the Political Office, black-clad police who rule through fear and violence, commanding the world's survivors how to think, how to act, and when to obey the call to the Gathering: the ritual massing for war against an unknown and unseen Enemy.Now the call has come, and all nations must pay tribute.Kurt Ranke is a young man eking out an existence in the ruins of former Germany with his pregnant wife. But when the Gathering is called, he boards the decrepit destroyer Jäger-a once-mighty warship now more than two centuries old. Antiquated, broken-down, and running on steam, it wallows through uncharted waters carrying Ranke and a reluctant and ragtag group of soldiers en route to the Final Meeting: a battle from which it's rumored none have ever returned . . .Night Shade Books is proud to reissue, for the first time and now with a brand-new foreword from the author, The Heirs of Babylon, Glen Cook's long-unavailable debut novel, a dark blend of post-apocalyptic naval warfare, Orwellian political intrigue, and the intimate, war-correspondent prose the author is known for.

Paperback. First Printing. Tight Sound Copy In Very Good Condition. . Previous Owner was A Smoker And There Is A Slight Smoky Odor To The Book.An X and Three digit number written in ink on top edge of the book.Owners name in ink on the front inside cover.

An uncommon paperback original. Cook's 1st book.

An uncommon paperback original. Cook's 1st book.

1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. Once in receipt of this beauty, you'll feel as though you've journeyed over the hills and far away, beyond the fields we know -- you'll be THAT enchanted! In protective archival bag! NOTE: Light age-toning to the insides of the covers, and a spot on the cover where some of the color got peeled from sticker removal, unfortunately -- stil a crazy-nice copy!

An uncommon paperback original. Cook's 1st book. Tanning to inside covers o/w nice.

New York:: Signet Books / New American Library, 1972. A bright, clean copy. The spine is square and flat with one minor reading crease. NO owner's name. NO ink stamps. Signet Science Fiction #Q5299. "First Printing, December, 1972" is so stated on the copyright page, with no other printings indicated. 95 cents cover price. From the rear cover: "It is the time of the gathering and all nations must pay tribute -- Why must they? Kurt wondered, as the decrepit destroyer JAGER wallowed through uncharted waters on its way to Gibraltar, the Gathering of the fleet, and the Final Meeting with the Enemy. [B]lack phantoms ruled mankind, telling one how to think, how to act, and when to obey the call to the Gathering. from which no one had ever returned." . First Edition (Paperback Original - PBO). Mass Market Paperback. Very Good condition. 4.25" wide by 7" tall. 239pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. First Edition (Paperback Original - PBO).

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192 pages of science fiction with a military twist, that pit Kurt Ranke against the distant and oppressive Political Officers. UNillustrated. Learn more about : Norwegian Sea, refueling, starboard tube, Otto Kapp, Captain von Lappus, Damage Conrtrol Party, traitor-hunting and Isle Adam. Originally sold at 95 cents. Cond : Paper wrapper is bright red with white lettering. Front cover graphic is an artist's view of an atomic explosion on a seacoast, wherein 3 faces appear in the mushroom cloud. Very light chipping at edges. Volume TIGHT, bright and square !! Spine fine, no creases. Neither names, marks nor tears. Very collectible copy !! Quote (p. 59) : " ._._. happened to Otto. Frowning, he leaned closer, and, as he had thought several times during the meal, caught a whiff of alcohol. There had been a rumor about homemade vodka brewing in an unused fresh-water evaporator. "

This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

reprint edition. 257 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

The dystopian politics of 1984 meet the naval warship backdrop of The Last Ship in fantasy master Glen Cook's reissued first novel, available for the first time in decades.It is 2193, and still the war continues.Two hundred years after nuclear and chemical weapons have nearly annihilated the global population, the last of mankind struggles on in isolated communities. Law and order is carried out by the Political Office, black-clad police who rule through fear and violence, commanding the world's survivors how to think, how to act, and when to obey the call to the Gathering: the ritual massing for war against an unknown and unseen Enemy.Now the call has come, and all nations must pay tribute.Kurt Ranke is a young man eking out an existence in the ruins of former Germany with his pregnant wife. But when the Gathering is called, he boards the decrepit destroyer Jäger-a once-mighty warship now more than two centuries old. Antiquated, broken-down, and running on steam, it wallows through uncharted waters carrying Ranke and a reluctant and ragtag group of soldiers en route to the Final Meeting: a battle from which it's rumored none have ever returned . . .Night Shade Books is proud to reissue, for the first time and now with a brand-new foreword from the author, The Heirs of Babylon, Glen Cook's long-unavailable debut novel, a dark blend of post-apocalyptic naval warfare, Orwellian political intrigue, and the intimate, war-correspondent prose the author is known for.