A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. [1968 PAPERBACK] Bantam Books

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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1968] BANTAM BOOKS

13th Paperback Printing / 1968 featuring original 60's cover. 

Vintage paperback in fair condition.  Cover is clean with some fraying to edges on lower front, general shelf / corner wear. 

Read wear to spine and two cracks to spine [see photos] that have been reinforced with publisher's strength adhesive.  Otherwise pages are clean, and look virtually unread.  


In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans centuries of ignorance, violence, and barbarism, viewing through a sharp, satirical eye the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.