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“…And Some Were Humanâ€
by Del Rey, Lester
- Used
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California
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About This Item
First edition, first state of title page with 1948 date and dark blue binding. Octavo. B/W drawings by Sol Levin; dust jacket design by Tschirky. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips). Very good. 331 pages.
Signed and inscribed on half-title page by Del Rey to Science Fiction author Charles Tanner: "To Charles Tanner. Thanks for a swell time – and regards to a swell guy. Lester del Rey."
Signed again on the front free endpaper by del Rey.
Author's first book. Not in Ahearn Currey, page 142; "…one better known early single author anthology" (Barrow, page 175).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222428
- Title
- “…And Some Were Humanâ€
- Author
- Del Rey, Lester
- Illustrator
- Sol Levin
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket condition
- Good+
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prime Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 331
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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- jacket
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- first state
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- inscribed
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- octavo
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- Cloth
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- gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in... [More]
- title page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the... [More]
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