The Sheep Look Up John Brunner Harper and Row 1972 Hardcover With Dust Jacket

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𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: The Sheep Look Up𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: John Brunner𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: Harper & Row, Publishers𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: 1972𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Not stated𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Not stated𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀: Provenance copy𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱: None observed𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Hardcover𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁: Present𝗜𝗦𝗕𝗡: Not stated𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀: Not stated𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱: Not stated𝗦𝗞𝗨: BKS-BRU-1972-PROV-HC-DJ-0004 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket shows heavy wear: multiple tears, chipping/losses along edges and corners, significant creasing, and overall rubbing/soiling visible in the photos. Book itself presents better than the jacket: boards appear solid and the binding looks intact. Interior pages appear clean overall. Includes an owner bookplate (“Robert Cook”) on the front pastedown (provenance), and a laid-in vintage bookstore bookmark (“Smitty’s Book & Co., Spokane, Washington”) as shown. No author signature observed. 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: A classic dystopian science fiction novel centered on environmental collapse and social breakdown, told through interwoven narrative threads and documentary-style inserts. Brunner builds a near-future world where pollution, corporate power, and public apathy collide, escalating into wide-reaching consequences that feel uncomfortably plausible. A key title for collectors of 1970s speculative fiction and eco-dystopian literature, offered here with the dust jacket present (though worn) and clear signs of prior ownership/provenance.