Assignment in Eternity -- Signed Limited Edition
by Heinlein, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
Fantasy Press, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Number 147 of a Limited Edition of 500 copies INSCRIBED BY HEINLEIN on the limitation page. First state in brick red cloth with "Heinlein" three millimeters high on spine. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($3.00 price intact) with a trace of rubbing at spine ends and corners. Attractive bookplate on front pastedown belonging to the signee. A beautiful signed copy.
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- Bookseller
- Magus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8416
- Title
- Assignment in Eternity -- Signed Limited Edition
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Date Published
- 1953
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About the Seller
Magus Books
Biblio member since 2005
Sacramento, California
About Magus Books
Independent bookstore specializing in John Fowles and other modern first editions.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
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