Books

8.25 x 5.5", black cloth backed mauve pict boards, 320pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly worn, but front and back covers each have old brown cello tape perpendicular to the top and bottom edges, eps with uneven browning and old brown tape stains, EX-LIBRARY with circular ex-library stamp from Solano County Free Library on dedication page, and front fly has abrasion from library pocket removal; dustjacket is rubbed and darkened with a couple of spots, with old brown cello on rear flap. FIRST EDITION (so stated), in dustjacket with "$4.95" at bottom of front flap. Still, despite the problems listed above, a decent copy.

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1960. It is a reflective work of the Cold War era that explores the cyclical nature of history, particularly the conflict between science and religion. The story spans thousands of years and centers on the monks of the fictional Albertian Order of Leibowitz as they preserve the remnants of humanity's scientific knowledge until the world is again ready for it.