AHEAD OF TIME
by Kuttner, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front free end paper, damp stain to upper edges of covers, a very good copy, in a very
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. First edition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front free end paper, damp stain to upper edges of covers, a very good copy, in a very good dust jacket, split to the rear flap fold and light wear to spine ends and corner tips. (25545). 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 #
- 25545
- Title
- AHEAD OF TIME
- Author
- Kuttner, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front free end paper, damp stain to upper edges of covers, a very good copy, in a very
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1953]
- Keywords
- SF . SC
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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