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ACE DOUBLE: THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER / GATEWAY TO ELSEWHERE (ACE DOUBLE)
by A.E. Van Vogt, Murray Leinster
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[ALFRED ELTON VAN VOGT], SIGNED & INSCRIBED. [MURRAY LEINSTER]. THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER / GATEWAY TO ELSEWHERE. Ace Books / Ace Double, New York, 1954. First Edition. First Edition in paperback. Ace # D-53 with the original 35 cents price on cover. Condition: Very Good +. With micro chips to edges , mild creases to covers and light soiling to covers typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed and Inscribed by author A.E. Van Vogt and his wife Lydia. Ace Double series of two novels, The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. Van Vogt is bound with Gateway to Elsewhere by Murray Leinster. Not a ex-library, not remainder marked, not a autopen and not a facsimile autograph. Cover art for Gateway to Elsewhere by Harry Barton. Signed copies of this very much sought after Ace Double A.E. Van Vogt title are extremely rare and as of this writing this is only one of two or three known on the market today. Classic Sci-Fi signed and inscribed collectible. 179 + 139 pgs. 16mo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-122
- Title
- ACE DOUBLE: THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER / GATEWAY TO ELSEWHERE (ACE DOUBLE)
- Author
- A.E. Van Vogt, Murray Leinster
- Illustrator
- Harry Barton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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