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Ballroom of the Skies
by John D. MacDonald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Tomball, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good Original dust jacket. A handsome copy of this author's 2nd Science Fiction novel, to be followed eventually by the classic Travis McGee mystery series. This copy is in Near Fine condition with only slight rubbing to the board edges, some faint soiling to the exterior text block, and some very minor off-setting to the endpapers. Housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some rubbing and chipping to the spine ends, edges, and corners, a few short tears along the back flap fold, and some light soiling to the back panel. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($2.75 intact), and not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box.
Synopsis
Ballroom of the Skies is a 1952 science fiction novel by John D. MacDonald. Though MacDonald was primarily a mystery novelist famed for his Travis McGee series, he did write some science fiction short stories and novels. Other titles include Wine of the Dreamers (1951) and The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962). The story involves Earth sometime after World War III, with Brazil, Iran, and India as the prevailing superpowers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3564
- Title
- Ballroom of the Skies
- Author
- John D. MacDonald
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Greenberg
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition, Hardcover, Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Bryan H. Young D.V.M.dba Grayshelf Books, 19111 Desert Eagle Dr., Tomball, Tx 77377Email - bhydvm@gmail.comWe accept payment by Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, checks, or money orders.Texas residents please add 8% sales tax.We guarantee all books to be as described.Additional scans of books will be provided upon request.
30 day full money back guarantee to include shipping costs if an item arrives damaged or not as described in listing.
About the Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Tomball, Texas
About Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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