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AHEAD OF TIME
by Kuttner, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate of collector Robert Briney affixed to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch o
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First edition. Bookplate of collector Robert Briney affixed to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to corner tips and spine ends, tiny tear 7 mm closed tear to upper front panel, a few tiny rubs to front panel. (25544). Octavo, cover illustration by Richard Powers, boards. Collection of ten stories one original to this collection, "Year Day" and one revised for this collection "De Profundis" (first published as "The Visitor"). Reviewers Boucher and McComas, described Kuttner as "one of s.f.'s most literate and intelligent storytellers" and found the collection to be "just about as good as the modern magazine science-fantasy story can get." - F & SF, October 1953. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 972.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25544
- Title
- AHEAD OF TIME
- Author
- Kuttner, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate of collector Robert Briney affixed to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch o
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- SF . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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