Penguin Books, 1963, Softcover, Book Condition: Fair, First Paperback
Colour illustrated card cover, being a part reproduction of Paul Klee's print "Underwater Garden", with black coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. In a post nuclear world, between eastern and western powers, the United States is running out of oil. Hitting on the idea of sending submarines to vast underwater deposits (in the eastern powers control) to siphon off some of the oil 20 submarines have been sent, none have returned. "The Dragon in the Sea tells of the final attempt to reach the all reservoir by four men in the submarine Fenian Ram." -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and staining to the lower one quarter of the pages from start to finish. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 218, [5 4 pages further titles from publishing house] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges foxed and browned. Rubbing to the book panels with some creasing.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 0118504.
Colour illustrated card cover, being a part reproduction of Paul Klee's print "Underwater Garden", with black coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. In a post nuclear world, between eastern and western powers, the United States is running out of oil. Hitting on the idea of sending submarines to vast underwater deposits (in the eastern powers control) to siphon off some of the oil 20 submarines have been sent, none have returned. "The Dragon in the Sea tells of the final attempt to reach the all reservoir by four men in the submarine Fenian Ram." -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and staining to the lower one quarter of the pages from start to finish. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 218, [5 4 pages further titles from publishing house] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges foxed and browned. Rubbing to the book panels with some creasing.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 0118504.