Alas Babylon, cover of another edition (the Lippincott 1959 cover is not yet photographed)

Cover of another edition of this book. The Lippincott 1959 jacket has not been photographed yet.

[1st ed.] Hardback

Alas Babylon (1959)

Pat Frank · Lippincott, Philadelphia

Publisher Lippincott Year 1959

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Who published the Alas Babylon 1959 hardback?: Lippincott, Philadelphia, in 1959, in hardback.

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